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Europe Ignores Obama's Demands for More Troops in Afghanistan

Robert Gates has condemned Nato allies for failing to send more troops to Afghanistan  Photo: AP

LONDON - Washington had hoped to persuade European allies to contribute more in the wake of the President Barack Obama's election and the announcement this week of the deployment of 17,00 extra American soldiers.

American defense secretary Robert Gates condemned their failure to do so far as "disappointing" with European states promising to deploy no more than just a few hundred extra troops.