Wednesday, September 13, 2006
NATO RhetIraq: Call for More Troops in Afghanistan Not Met
Who: Lieutenant General David Richards, Commander NATO Forces in Afghanistan
Source: Financial Times
Quotes: From article titled, "Nato call for troops ‘unheeded for 18 months’"
Nato staff asked for extra troops in Afghanistan more than a year ago but the request has still not been granted, the alliance’s top commander in the country said on Monday.
Speaking to the Financial Times, Lieutenant General David Richards, the commander of Nato’s 20,000-strong force in Afghanistan, said Nato countries were asked 18 months ago for a reserve battalion of 1,000 soldiers.
His comments were made ahead of a crucial few days for Nato, in which the spotlight will be on member countries’ readiness to send reinforcements to hard-pressed British and Canadian soldiers in southern Afghanistan. Last week General James Jones, Nato’s supreme commander, revealed that he had sought but so far failed to obtain 2,500 extra troops, comprising the reserve battalion plus up to 1,500 air support staff.
Source: Financial Times
Quotes: From article titled, "Nato call for troops ‘unheeded for 18 months’"
Nato staff asked for extra troops in Afghanistan more than a year ago but the request has still not been granted, the alliance’s top commander in the country said on Monday.
Speaking to the Financial Times, Lieutenant General David Richards, the commander of Nato’s 20,000-strong force in Afghanistan, said Nato countries were asked 18 months ago for a reserve battalion of 1,000 soldiers.
His comments were made ahead of a crucial few days for Nato, in which the spotlight will be on member countries’ readiness to send reinforcements to hard-pressed British and Canadian soldiers in southern Afghanistan. Last week General James Jones, Nato’s supreme commander, revealed that he had sought but so far failed to obtain 2,500 extra troops, comprising the reserve battalion plus up to 1,500 air support staff.
