Canada Says More NATO Troops Essential
From Times Wire Reports
Canada increased pressure on reluctant NATO allies to send more troops to southern Afghanistan and said it could not maintain its 2,300-strong military mission there without more support.
Several European members of NATO have troops in less combative parts of Afghanistan, but they restrict the missions the troops carry out or refuse to send them to the war-torn south, where Canadian forces have frequently clashed with Taliban fighters.
More than 40 Canadian soldiers have died in Afghanistan.
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