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Newshour: NATO Chief: Afghan Surge Won't Lead To 'Mission Creep'

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NATO Chief: Afghan Surge Won't Lead To 'Mission Creep'

22/08/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, NATO Chief: Afghan Surge Won't Lead To 'Mission Creep'

NATO hails Trump troops pledge as 'strong commitment' to Afghanistan

NATO hails Trump troops pledge as 'strong commitment' to Afghanistan.

NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has praised the regional approach in Trump's new Afghanistan policy. 

Also in the programme: Despair in Yemen as war, famine and cholera drive the country's population to the edge; and a court case in Russia involving a celebrated director that has the arts world aflutter.

(Photo: A US black hawk helicopter flies over the site of a Taliban suicide attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Credit: Getty)

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