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  • Defense Ministers Looking to Expand NATO's Role in Afghanistan

    02/06/2004 12:54:29 PM PST · by Calpernia · 5 replies · 215+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Feb. 6, 2004 | By Kathleen T. Rhem
    NATO defense ministers meeting here today discussed expanding the role of NATO forces in Afghanistan. "NATO's first priority … is to get Afghanistan right," NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in a late-afternoon press conference. "We have no choice in Afghanistan but to meet our commitments to the people of that country and to the international community." NATO is in command of the United Nations-mandated International Security Assistance Force in Kabul, the country's capital. Almost 8,000 NATO troops are involved in this mission. The first step in expanding the alliance's role there could be to stand up five...