NATO picks new chief, but few troops for Afghanistan
China Daily | Updated: 2009-04-06 07:50
NATO named Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as its next leader on Saturday, averting a damaging split with Turkey at a 60th anniversary summit marred by rioting protesters.
US President Barack Obama prodded European allies to do more in Afghanistan, but received pledges for only 5,000 extra troops, the majority of whom will go on a temporary basis to provide security during August elections.
The meeting of the 28-nation military alliance, created after World War II to defend Europe's borders, exposed transatlantic divisions despite a new US strategy for Afghanistan that Obama's European allies broadly welcomed.
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