Gen Malakhel said Nato troops could be called back into the area within 30 minutes.
JoulwanThis mission is the first time that NATO troops will work alongside non-NATO troops.
CNN: NATO commander ready to guide Operation Joint Endeavour
Any notion of involving NATO troops would be fiercely resisted by Russia and Iran.
Some 20, 000 NATO troops will then fly into Kosovo and establish five zones of responsibility.
Afghan troops backed by NATO troops recaptured Musa Qala from Taliban forces in December.
During operations, they remain almost totally reliant on NATO troops, who suffer twice as many casualties.
When NATO troops finally arrive in Tuzla, restoring hope may be the toughest job of all.
In addition all U.S. and NATO troops were recently ordered to carry loaded weapons at all times.
That means more US troops but almost certainly also calls for more European Nato troops as well.
Afghanistan is close enough to the drawdown of NATO troops in 2014 not to pull out in haste.
It has, however, acknowledged that there were mistakes made by Nato troops.
Nato troops are scheduled to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
Extra sentries, called guardian angels, watch over NATO troops when they work together.
Now, it will be NATO troops armed with heavy weaponry and robust rules of engagement who will enforce the peace.
MONS, Belgium (CNN) -- Supreme Allied Commander George Joulwan gave the order Saturday for 60, 000 NATO troops to head into Bosnia.
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Ms Greening went on to announce that the transition of security responsibilities from Nato troops to Afghan forces remained on track.
Obama had been pushing for more NATO troops in Afghanistan, and he was asked whether he thought he got enough combat troops.
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Shalikashvili told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the U.S. troops would be part of an overall implementation force (IFOR) of 60, 000 NATO troops.
Without the assistance of any U.S. or NATO troops, the official said, the nationals tried to get a friend out of a Kandahar jail.
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Although 8, 000 to 12, 000 troops had been mentioned among those figures, they referred to the total number of post-2014 Nato troops in Afghanistan, he explained.
They hope that means he will give a Russian say-so to the transportation of supplies for the 47, 000 NATO troops in Afghanistan across Russian territory.
But Serb civilian vehicles in the suburb of Grbavica traveled behind NATO troops as they cleared roads of snow and conducted regular patrols, NATO spokesman Maj.
He said NATO troops were fighting Taliban militants about 10 kilometers (six miles) away, but those killed in the strike were not involved in that battle.
Nato troops are scheduled to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 and have gradually been handing over responsibility for security to their Afghan counterparts.
It carries the dual responsibilities of commanding NATO troops from allied headquarters in Belgium and heading the U.S. European Command, a separate organization based in Germany.
The next day, a roadside bomb killed three American soldiers on patrol in eastern Afghanistan, while a suicide bomber wounded two more NATO troops south of Kabul.
After leading Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Anbar province, Gen Allen succeeded Mr Petraeus as top leader of US and Nato troops in Afghanistan in July 2011.
PerryU.S. Defense Secretary William Perry, traveling in Europe to shore up support for the peacekeeping effort, warned that the NATO troops would be prepared to defend themselves.
British defence sources said the rules of engagement stipulated the NATO troops could only use force in self-defence or if the safety of the soldiers was threatened.
The Bosnian war claimed about 200, 000 lives, and many Bosnian Muslims, Serbs and Croats see NATO troops as a guarantee that the conflict will not erupt again.
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