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Some 35,000 extra soldiers are set to be deployed next year in Afghanistan (Photo: Nato/Liepke Plancke/AVDD/RNLAF)

Afghanistan surge tops Nato ministers' meeting

by Valentina Pop, Brussels,

European, American and Canadian foreign ministers are later today (3 December) meeting at Nato headquarters in Brussels to discuss the new strategy for Afghanistan, Nato enlargement and relations with Russia.

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton expects some of her European colleagues to signal willingness to increase their national contribution to the Nato mission in Afghanistan, after President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined his new strategy for the country.

He said an addit...

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Some 35,000 extra soldiers are set to be deployed next year in Afghanistan (Photo: Nato/Liepke Plancke/AVDD/RNLAF)

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