Biden asked NATO allies for more help to step up the fight against the Taliban
Vice President Biden told NATO allies here Tuesday that the Obama administration wants their help building a new strategy in Afghanistan because growing security threats there affect all 26 countries in the alliance and because only by working together can they stop terrorist attacks. Biden, on a one-day visit to the headquarters of NATO and the European Union, sought primarily to dissipate the irritation left behind by the Bush administration in Europe, which felt its voice was not
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