By Al Pessin Pentagon 26 June 2007 In the wake of a series of high-profile incidents in which U.S. and NATO attacks have killed Afghan civilians, a senior American officer with responsibility for both forces says allied procedures for avoiding civili...
By Al Pessin Brussels 13 June 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the NATO alliance has demonstrated that it can be effective in Afghanistan in spite of continuing shortfalls in the number of troops member-nations are providing. VOA's Al Pe...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 05 June 2007 The commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan says the international community is not doing enough to provide troops and a coordinated reconstruction effort to help stabilize the country. American McNeill spoke from A...
By Paula Wolfson White House 21 May 2007 The situation in Afghanistan dominated talks between President Bush and NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Bush family ranch in Texas. VOA's Paula Wolfson, reports the president wants NATO to...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 09 May 2007 Local officials in southern Afghanistan say an air strike has killed at least 21 civilians, including women and children. The U.S. military says it was fighting Taleban insurgents in the area, but it has not con...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 08 May 2007 Pakistan's PM Shaukat Aziz, center, shakes hands with NATO's General Bantz John Craddock as Sec-Gen Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, left, looks on during their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, 8 May 2007 NATO's secretary-...
By Deborah Tate Washington 08 March 2007 A senior U.S. State Department official says the United States is pressing its NATO allies to fulfill their mission in Afghanistan. Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher says some NATO member countries...
By Paula Wolfson White House 15 February 2007 President Bush says the United States and NATO will stage a spring offensive in Afghanistan against terrorists and Taleban fighters. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports from the White House. President Bush speaks...
By Bill Rodgers Washington, DC 29 November 2006 watch Bush NATO report President Bush has called for the full commitment of the NATO alliance to defeat a resurgent Taleban in Afghanistan. Mr. Bush made the appeal in a wide ranging speech in Riga, La...
By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 27 November 2006 watch NATO Summit report The first NATO summit to be held on the territory of the former Soviet Union is scheduled to begin in Riga, Latvia, on November 28th. A number of issues are expected to be on the agen...