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Published 11/06/2009 by The Nation Pakistan

Intense talks under way on Afghan war: NATO

Intense deliberations are under way between the United States and its allies regarding the future of Afghanistan as the Obama administration continues its protracted strategic review of the war, the NATO chief said Friday. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said all 43 nations contributing troops to the 107,000-strong...

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...in the talks. "We are engaged in an intense process among allies and all ISAF nations on the way forward in Afghanistan Fogh Rasmussen said after meeting Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg."

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