- Reaction score
- 2,555
- Points
- 1,260
http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20051007-012434-3033r
"NATO is set to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan to 15,000 and engage in counterinsurgency tasks. Alliance chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, speaking during a visit to Kabul Thursday, said the organization would expand its mission in the south and eventually the international peacekeeping force would take over command of all forces throughout the country..."
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/20051007_2979.html
"The United States wants its NATO allies to change the rules of engagement for its troops in Afghanistan as the alliance prepares to take over a more dangerous area, defense officials said this week... American officials would like to see more robust rules of engagement before NATO troops move into the area around Kandahar..."
"NATO is set to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan to 15,000 and engage in counterinsurgency tasks. Alliance chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, speaking during a visit to Kabul Thursday, said the organization would expand its mission in the south and eventually the international peacekeeping force would take over command of all forces throughout the country..."
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2005/20051007_2979.html
"The United States wants its NATO allies to change the rules of engagement for its troops in Afghanistan as the alliance prepares to take over a more dangerous area, defense officials said this week... American officials would like to see more robust rules of engagement before NATO troops move into the area around Kandahar..."