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NATO’s naval forces to escort World Food Programme ships off Somali coast Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets a Norwegian soldier with NATO’s International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. By Jacquelyn S. Porth Staff Writer Washington — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is embracing a broader counternarcotics role in Afghanistan for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) as well as a new mission to deter pirates off the coast of Somalia. During an informal meeting of NATO defense ministers in Budapest, Hungary, October 9-10, the participants responded to a request from Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak for aid to counter the corrupting influence of drugs in his country. The group agreed that ISAF, working with the Afghan Army, can take action against drug labs or drug... [read full story]
