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A Canadian soldier with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:44:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Canadian soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is pictured on patrol in Kandahar province in March 2008. Eight international troops including three Poles and three Canadians have been killed in Afghanistan over the last 24 hours, a military source said Thursday. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

A Canadian soldier with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Canadian soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is pictured on patrol in Kandahar province in March 2008. Three Canadian soldiers were killed and one was seriously injured in a roadside blast, while doing reconnaissance on Wednesday, the military said in a televised briefing Thursday. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) shakes ...

(AFP) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili (L) shakes hands with NATO's top operational commander US General John Craddock, in Tbilisi. Craddock said Thursday he expected the United States to help rebuild Georgia's devastated military that was routed by Russia two weeks ago. Photo:Irakli Gedenidze/AFP

British soldiers of the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:31:00 GMT

(AFP) - British soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sit on top of their armoured vehicle as they wait for Prime Minister Gordon Brown to arrive at Camp Bastion in Helmand province. Brown said Britain is 'utterly resolute' in supporting Afghanistan as it fights a Taliban-led insurgency and pursues democracy. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

British soldiers with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:28:00 GMT

(AFP) - British soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) sit on top of their armoured vehicle in Afghanistan. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Britain is 'utterly resolute' in supporting Afghanistan as it fights a Taliban-led insurgency and pursues democracy. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer addresses the media ...

(The Canadian Press) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:26:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer addresses the media at NATO Headquarters after attending an emergency NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Yves Logghe

A Russian military convoy travels on a road leading to Chorotchku, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Russian military convoy travels on a road leading to Chorotchku, as a commercial painting on a wall shows Georgian and U.S. national flags, in a small town in Senaki district August 20, 2008. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ...

(AFP) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is pictured on his arrival for the Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels. NATO-Russia relations plunged to their lowest point in years Tuesday over the conflict in Georgia and Russia's failure to withdraw from the former Soviet republic. Photo:John Thys/AFP

British Foreign Minister David Miliband (left) ...

(AFP) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - British Foreign Minister David Miliband (left) speaks to NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ahead of talks at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. NATO foreign ministers have thrown their weight behind a battered Georgia, demanding a withdrawal of Russian troops but stopping short of imposing a diplomatic freeze on Moscow. Photo:John Thys/AFP

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini speaks ...

(AFP) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini speaks with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice prior to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. NATO foreign ministers have thrown their weight behind a battered Georgia, demanding a withdrawal of Russian troops but stopping short of imposing a diplomatic freeze on Moscow. Photo:John Thys/AFP

Foreign Secretary David Miliband will fly to ...

(AFP) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - Foreign Secretary David Miliband will fly to Georgia to voice support to Tbilisi and relay a message of solidarity from NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, a spokesman has said. Photo:John Thys/AFP

French soldiers with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:30:00 GMT

(AFP) - French soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on patrol near Kabul in May. French NATO troops were involved in heavy fighting with insurgents about 50 kilometres (30 miles) east of the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, the alliance force and military officials said. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev inspects an honour guard during ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:33:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev inspects an honour guard during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the World War Two battle of Kursk at a memorial site in Kursk August 18, 2008. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, seen ...

(AFP) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:03:00 GMT

(AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, seen here on August 15, 2008, departed for Europe Monday for crisis talks with NATO allies on the situation in Georgia and to sign a key missile defense shield pact with Poland. Photo:Vano Shlamov/AFP

A British soldier with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:24:00 GMT

(AFP) - A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walks during a patrol in the town of Musa Qala in Helmand province in 2007. A British soldier serving with the NATO military force in Afghanistan was killed when militants attacked his patrol in the volatile south, the alliance has said. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

A British soldier with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) keeps watch as he sits on the top of their vehicle during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in July 2008. The British military has said that an Afghan woman and two children were killed when British soldiers fired rockets at a compound in southern Afghanistan over the weekend to thwart a Taliban attack. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

A British soldier with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:34:00 GMT

(AFP) - A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) keeps watch as he sits on the top of their vehicle during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in July 2008. British NATO troops were involved in the deaths of four Afghan civilians in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London said Sunday, adding it has opened an inquiry into the incident. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

German Chancellor Merkel shakes hands with Georgian ...

(AFP) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT

(AFP) - German Chancellor Merkel shakes hands with Georgian President Saakashvili during a visit to Tblisi. Merkel has said that the ex-Soviet republic -- currently mired in conflict with Russia -- will join NATO. Photo:Irakli Gedenidze/AFP

Italian soldiers from the NATO led International ...

(AFP) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - Italian soldiers from the NATO led International Security Assistance Force stand guard near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on August 11, 2008. NATO soldiers shot dead an Afghan man who came close to a military patrol in southern Afghanistan fearing he was going to launch an attack, the alliance's force said Wednesday. Photo:Massoud Hossaini/AFP

NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ...

(AFP) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer gives a press conference on August 12, 2008 at the NATO Headquarters, in Brussels. NATO foreign ministers will meet in Brussels next Tuesday for an extraordinary meeting on the crisis in Georgia, a NATO spokeswoman said. Photo:John Thys/AFP

NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ...

(AFP) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:25:00 GMT

(AFP) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer gives a press conference on August 12, 2008 at the NATO Headquarters, in Brussels. The United States on Wednesday called on NATO to hold an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels next week to discuss the crisis in Georgia, a NATO spokeswoman said. Photo:John Thys/AFP

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer answers reporters' ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:10:00 GMT

(Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer answers reporters' questions at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, August 12, 2008. NATO said on Tuesday that its April summit pledge that Georgia will one day become a member of the alliance still stands, despite fighting with Russia over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia. REUTERS/NATO/Handout (BELGIUM). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

Italian soldiers from the NATO led International ...

(AFP) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:02:00 GMT

(AFP) - Italian soldiers from the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard near the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on August 11. Afghan senators have demanded that international troops operating in Afghanistan be brought under the country's law to make them accountable for mounting civilian casualties. Photo:Massoud Hossaini/AFP

A British soldier with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:40:00 GMT

(AFP) - A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) keeps watch as he sits on the top of a vehicle during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in July 2008. A Taliban suicide car bomber has rammed a NATO-led military convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least three people and injuring 15 others, officials and the militant group said. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

Soldiers of the NATO led International Security ...

(AFP) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:40:00 GMT

(AFP) - Soldiers of the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan officials gather at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul. Eight Afghan civilians held hostage by Taliban militants were killed in an air strike by US-led troops during a battle that also left 25 rebel fighters dead, the force has said. Photo:Massoud Hossaini/AFP

File photo shows soldiers of the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:39:00 GMT

(AFP) - File photo shows soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force standing guard in Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province. Eight civilians being held in a compound by Taliban militants were killed in an air strike by US-led troops during a battle that also left 25 rebel fighters dead, the force said. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

A Canadian soldier from NATO patrols in Kandahar ...

(AFP) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:11:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Canadian soldier from NATO patrols in Kandahar province of Afghanistan in June 2008. A Canadian soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday in an attack on NATO forces by insurgents, the Canadian defense ministry said in a statement. Photo:Massoud Hossaini/AFP

A Canadian soldier from NATO patrols in Arghandab ...

(AFP) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:21:00 GMT

(AFP) - A Canadian soldier from NATO patrols in Arghandab in June 2008. A Canadian soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan on Saturday in an attack on NATO forces by insurgents, the Canadian defense ministry said in a statement. Photo:Massoud Hossaini/AFP

Russia's Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin makes a statement ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Russia's Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin makes a statement on the situation in South Ossetia at his residence in Brussels 9 August, 2008. Rogozin said on Saturday that genocide was taking place in Georgia's breakaway region South Ossetia. REUTERS/Sebastien Pirlet (BELGIUM)

A soldier of NATO-led International Security ...

(AFP) — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - A soldier of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force keeps watch during a patrol on the outskirts of Kabul in July 2007. US-led coalition troops 'inadvertently' killed four women and a child in a gun battle in Afghanistan, while an international soldier died separately in a new bomb attack, the force said Friday. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

An internal review says Maxime Bernier's carelessness with government ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:12:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - An internal review says Maxime Bernier's carelessness with government documents tarnished Canada's 'good reputation within NATO circles.' THE CANADIAN PRESS/Clement Allard

French NATO peacekeeping vehicles burn during clashes with Serb ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - French NATO peacekeeping vehicles burn during clashes with Serb protesters in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica March 17, 2008. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

A French soldier with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:12:00 GMT

(AFP) - A French soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force stands guard in the Shamali Plains, north of Kabul, in May 2008. NATO-led ground troops backed by air power killed more than 20 Taliban-linked militants in a battle in central Afghanistan that erupted after a bomb wounded some soldiers, an official has said. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

A British soldier with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:07:00 GMT

(AFP) - A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Pakistan's talks with extremists have resulted in a 40 percent rise in rebel activity in Afghanistan, the NATO force said Wednesday, as authorities reported a British soldier had been killed. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

A British soldier with the NATO-led International ...

(AFP) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:23:00 GMT

(AFP) - A British soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. A British soldier has been killed in a blast in Afghanistan while out on patrol, the Ministry of Defence has said. Photo:Shah Marai/AFP

NATO soldiers sit in their vehicle in Arghandab ...

(AFP) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:19:00 GMT

(AFP) - NATO soldiers sit in their vehicle in Arghandab in June 2008. About 40 militants were killed in separate incidents in troubled parts of Afghanistan in operations by Afghan forces with the support of international military air power, officials said Tuesday. Photo:Massoud Hossaini/AFP

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer speaks during a ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:25:00 GMT

(Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer speaks during a news conference in Kabul July 24, 2008. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN)

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) and Afghan ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) and Afghan President Hamid Karzai attend a news conference in Kabul July 24, 2008. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN)

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) speaks as Afghan ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:51:00 GMT

(Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (L) speaks as Afghan President Hamid Karzai watches during a news conference in Kabul July 24, 2008. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood (AFGHANISTAN)