NATO is considering boosting its troop strength again in Afghanistan, where it is helping the military in the fight against Islamist insurgents, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told a German newspaper Sunday. Given the “challenging” security situation, the 28-nation alliance was weighing an increase of the personnel of its “Resolute Support” train, assist and advise mission from about 13,000 now, he told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. The US general commanding NATO forces in Afghanistan, John Nicholson, in February told Congress he has a “shortfall of a few thousand” troops needed, warning that “we’re in a stalemate. The United States has about 8,400 troops in Afghanistan with about another 5,000 from NATO allies.
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