Give US Afghan Backup: NATO, New York Post, December 22, 2008, By Reuters
BRUSSELS – Fellow NATO members must follow the United States in committing additional forces to Afghanistan, the alliance said yesterday.
Washington plans to send 20,000 to 30,000 extra troops to the area by the beginning of next summer to combat a growing Taliban insurgency, said Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.
A NATO diplomat said the alliance wanted to avoid a situation in which two or three of the 26 allies did almost all the dangerous work.
The United States already has some 31,000 troops in the war-ravaged country.
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