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NATO troop supplies set to resume via Pakistan

CHAMAN, Pakistan (AP) — Security officials say trucks carrying NATO supplies will resume their routes through Pakistan to Afghanistan on Thursday, following Islamabad's agreement to end its seven-month blockade

July 04, 2012

NATO to discuss downing of Turkish plane by Syria

ANKARA, Turkey — NATO leaders will meet this week to discuss how and whether to respond to Syria's downing of a Turkish jet in what Turkey insists was international airspace.

By By Selcan Hacaoglu, Associated Press , June 24, 2012

NATO disputes report of casualties in airstrike

KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.S.-led coalition on Sunday disputed reports that eight civilians, including children, were killed in a NATO airstrike in a remote part of eastern Afghanistan.

By By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press , May 27, 2012

Leave on time, no perfect end: Obama and other countries’ leaders set in place Afghanistan exit

President Barack Obama and leaders around the globe locked in place an Afghanistan exit path Monday that will still keep their troops fighting and dying there for two more years, acknowledging there never will be point at which they can say, “This is all done. This is perfect.” Obama, presiding over a 50-nation war coalition summit in his hometown, summed up the mood by saying the Afghanistan that will be left behind will be stable enough for them to depart — essentially good enough after a decade of war— but still loaded with troubles.

By By Anne Gearan, Associated Press , May 22, 2012

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Thousands protest summit

CHICAGO — Thousands of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday in one of the city’s largest demonstrations in years, airing grievances about war, climate change and a wide range of other complaints as world leaders assembled for a NATO summit.

By Nomaan Merchant and Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press , May 21, 2012

Thousands begin NATO protest march through Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators upset with the war in Afghanistan, climate change and the erosion of union rights marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday, taking their discontent on a wide range of world issues to leaders assembled for a NATO summit.

May 20, 2012

NATO ministers consider speeded-up Afghan drawdown

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that NATO allies have agreed broadly to step back from the lead combat role in Afghanistan and let local forces take their place as early as next year, a shortened timetable that startled officials and members of Congress.

February 02, 2012

NATO convoy attack adds urgency to protecting Kabul

The weekend suicide bombing of a NATO convoy that killed 17 people in Kabul adds urgency to the U.S.-led coalition’s work to expand a security bubble around the Afghan capital.

By By Deb Riechmann, The Associated Press , October 31, 2011

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Libya says NATO airstrike kills 15 west of capital

Libya's government said a NATO airstrike west of Tripoli early Monday destroyed a large family compound belonging to a close associate of Moammar Gadhafi, killing at least 15 people, including three children. It was the second claim of civilian deaths at a home in as many days.

June 21, 2011

Gates: NATO alliance future could be 'dim, dismal'

BRUSSELS — In a stern rebuke, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Friday that the future of the historic NATO military alliance is at risk because of European penny-pinching and distaste for front-line combat.

By By Desmond Butler, The Associated Press , June 11, 2011

Rare daytime NATO airstrikes hit Libyan capital

June 07, 2011

NATO airstrikes hit Tripoli, heaviest bombing yet

TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO warplanes repeatedly hit targets in Tripoli early Tuesday in what appears to be the heaviest night of bombing of the Libyan capital since the Western alliance launched its air campaign against Moammar Gadhafi's forces.

By By Diaa Hadid, The Associated Press , May 24, 2011

Day of Afghan attacks kills 8 NATO service members

KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgent attacks in Afghanistan killed eight NATO service members in one of the deadliest days for the military coalition this year, signaling the start of what many fear will be a particularly violent fighting season as President Barack Obama looks to start drawing down troops, authorities said Sunday.

By By Heidi Vogt, The Associated Press , April 17, 2011

Afghan president rejects U.S. apology over killings

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's president on Sunday rejected a U.S. apology for the mistaken killing of nine Afghan boys in a NATO air attack and said civilian casualties are no longer acceptable.

By By Patrick Quinn, The Associated Press , March 06, 2011

With Afghan control by 2014, Obama sees combat end

President Barack Obama on Saturday said for the first time he wants U.S. troops out of major combat in Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the date he and other NATO leaders set for moving Afghans into the lead role in fighting the Taliban.

November 20, 2010