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NATO Takes Control of Peace Force in Kabul
By AMY WALDMAN


ABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 11 In the first mission beyond Europe's frontiers in its 54-year history, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization took formal control of Afghanistan's multinational peacekeeping force today.

"This new mission is a reflection of NATO's ongoing transformation, and resolve, to meet the security challenges of the 21st century," NATO's deputy secretary general, Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, told a gathering of dignitaries gathered at Amani High School here.

NATO has already provided more than 90 percent of the troops for a 5,000-member International Security and Assistance Force in Afghanistan. But its decision to assume command of the force is meant to lend continuity and stability to an operation that until now has been led by a new country every six months.

Perhaps even more significantly for many Afghans, NATO's leadership has given renewed life to the debate over whether the force should be expanded beyond the capital, which it now patrols. Afghanistan has been troubled by mounting insecurity, particularly in the southeast, where forces loyal to the Taliban have attacked allied forces, Afghans supporting them and aid workers.

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[DagmarK]

1. Everyone has to clean up after Bush.......

And I wonder why they do it without so much as a peep about BUSH causing the problems in the first place!!

[VolcanoJen]

2. Dupe... locking

Please continue here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=60763&mesg_id=60763

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