ANKARA/MUNICH (Reuters) - NATO allies plan to reshuffle rather than expand existing troop commitments to Afghanistan, sending more military trainers in place of combat forces to ready the Afghan army and police to take control, senior U.S. and NATO officials said on Saturday. The decision of some NATO member states to increase the proportion of trainers within existing troop ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO has almost met its target for extra combat troops in Afghanistan but will press allies this week to meet a shortfall of up to 2,400 people to train Afghan security forces, its secretary-general said on Monday. Anders Fogh Rasmussen said almost 70 countries had promised to increase or at least maintain their support in Afghanistan following ...