U.S., NATO Officials to Discuss Afghanistan Strategy in London

2 years ago

0 Comments Say Something »

Text Size

Washington Reporter

NATO and British Defense Ministry officials deny an orchestrated "summit" for discussing Afghanistan, but all of the top power players in the war will convene in London this week for speeches and strategy discussions. American Gen. Stanley McChrystal will deliver a speech to military experts, and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and NATO's top commander in Europe, Admiral James Stavridis, will attend.

The meetings come at a crucial point in the conflict, as pressure increases on President Obama to choose a new strategy in Afghanistan, and as European nations respond to disapproval of the war in their countries. Rasmussen, who is in Washington this week, has stressed Europe's desire to use their troops for training Afghan security forces rather than combat. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown responded to his own military commanders' desire for more combat troops by saying Britain would only supply additional troops for training purposes.

Top U.S., NATO Officials Tackle Afghan War in London [Reuters]

Filed Under: Foreign Policy, Afghanistan

Tagged: afghanistan, afghanistan war, AfghanistanWar, daily guidance, DailyGuidance, london, NATO

Our New Approach to Comments

In an effort to encourage the same level of civil dialogue among Politics Daily’s readers that we expect of our writers – a “civilogue,” to use the term coined by PD’s Jeffrey Weiss – we are requiring commenters to use their AOL or AIM screen names to submit a comment, and we are reading all comments before publishing them. Personal attacks (on writers, other readers, Nancy Pelosi, George W. Bush, or anyone at all) and comments that are not productive additions to the conversation will not be published, period, to make room for a discussion among those with ideas to kick around. Please read our Help and Feedback section for more info.