Call to double troop numbers in Afghanistan

[Lori Price CLG]

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Nato's credibility in Afghanistan could be jeopardised if it fails to provide more troops and military capabilities, Lord Robertson, the secretary general, will today tell the alliance's defence ministers.

The warning coincides with a rise in violence throughout the country as the alliance remains unwilling to boost the existing 5,500-strong Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) and move outside the capital, Kabul.

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy said last week the area of poppy cultivation jumped this year to 61,000 hectares, compared with 30,700 hectares last year and 1,685 hectares in 2001. Mr Vendrell said laboratories for producing heroin shut by the Taliban were being set up again in northern Afghanistan, providing the war lords with cash and weapons.

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-Lori Price


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