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NATO extends mission, pledges troop surge

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BRUSSELS (Pajhwok): The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) besides has pledged deploying more troops and extending its mission to train and assist Afghan forces beyond 2017.

After a meeting of defence ministers, NATO Secretary General Gen. Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance commander, military and civilian representative in Afghanistan, European Union (EU) officials and Afghanistan's acting defence minister were in attendance.

He said the defence ministers discussed a wide range of issues, ranging from the mission in Afghanistan to . . .

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