Tag: Nato
Afghan parliament approves US, NATO agreements
The new agreements ratified by parliament allow the US and NATO to keep a total of 12,000 troops in Afghanistan next year to support local forces.
Ukraine demands weapons from US, special security status within NATO
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has demanded NATO to give “special security status” to Ukraine.
While addressing the joint meeting of US Congress, Poroshenko insisted that...
British PM challenges NATO allies on ransom payments
Cameron says ‘It is utterly self-defeating. It is worse than self-defeating, it is actually a risk to us back at home’
British Prime Minister David...
NATO backs spearhead force to boost eastern defences
The initiative was intended to provide assurances to former Soviet bloc states that have joined the US-led the alliance in the last 15 years, especially Poland and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
NATO would consider Iraq request for IS help: Rasmussen
NATO would “seriously” consider any request from Iraq for assistance in a war against insurgents from the radical Islamic State, NATO chief Anders Fogh...
After cancelling Turkey visit, PM to skip NATO summit in UK
Days after cancelling his visit to Turkey, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has also decided not to proceed to the United Kingdom to attend the...
In confronting Russia, NATO faces familiar foe
In echoes of Cold War, NATO freezes relations with Moscow and eyes military deployments and boosting defence spending to deter Russian aggression
Western leaders are...
NATO to deploy more troops on eastern border amid Russian threat
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The head of NATO says the alliance is strengthening its military footprint along its eastern border in response to Russia's aggression in Ukraine.
Secretary...
Russia questions NATO activities in Eastern Europe
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Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday Russia wanted answers from NATO regarding its activities in eastern Europe after the Western military alliance promised...
NATO to bolster forces in east Europe, sees no Russian pullback
NATO studied new steps to bolster its military presence in eastern Europe on Tuesday while saying it saw no sign that Russia was withdrawing...
NATO plans more support for east Europeans worried by Crimea’s annexation...
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NATO will decide new steps on Tuesday to reinforce eastern European countries worried by Russia's annexation of Crimea, and on how to bolster Ukraine's...
Norway’s former PM Jens Stoltenberg named new NATO chief
Former Norwegian premier Jens Stoltenberg was named the next NATO chief on Friday, stepping in to take over from current secretary general Anders Fogh...
NATO oil tanker torched, driver killed in Balochistan
Armed militants torched a NATO oil tanker and killed its driver in Balochistan's Dhadar area on Friday, levies official said.
A levies official, who requested...
NATO containers under attack
A driver was killed and his aide injured when militants attacked a NATO container on its way from Peshawar to Afghanistan at Jamrud Khyber...
Hard talk aside, little desire by West to leave Afghanistan: NYT
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Listening to the Western defence officials gathered at a NATO meeting on Wednesday, it would be easy to think that the United States...
Lt Gen Joseph Anderson takes charge of NATO forces in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan‚ new United States (US) commander Lt General Joseph Anderson has taken the command of NATO-led forces.
At a ceremony in Kabul, Lt Gen...
Four-year-old shot dead by US forces
A four-year-old boy was accidentally shot dead by US forces in Afghan province of Helman, Afghan officials said on Friday.
An official from the southern...