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Nato's top brass accuse Pakistan over Taliban aid By Ahmed Rashid in Kabul (Filed: 06/10/2006) Commanders from five Nato countries whose troops have just fought the bloodiest battle with the Taliban in five years, are demanding their governments get tough with Pakistan over the support and sanctuary its security services provide to the Taliban. Nato's report on Operation Medusa, an intense battle that lasted from September 4-17 in the Panjwai district, demonstrates the extent of the Taliban's military capability and states clearly that Pakistan's Interservices Intelligence (ISI) is involved in supplying it. President Pervez Musharraf Commanders from Britain, the US,...

TAORMINA, Italy, Feb. 10, 2006 – The challenges facing NATO today bring to mind words spoken by Dwight D. Eisenhower in his last televised address to the nation as president 45 years ago, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today. The secretary took part in two days of informal meetings with his NATO counterparts, as well as meetings of the NATO-Russia Council and the alliance's Mediterranean Dialogue countries. In his farewell address on Jan. 17, 1961, Eisenhower spoke of the threat posed by the Soviet Union. "As we think about the important role that NATO can play in the...