US urges allies to make Afghanistan pledges

Features reporrt on the NATO Summit meeting of Heads of State and Government, Chicago, 20-21 May 2012 at which the subject of the timetable for the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan dominated.

ESO: Background information: EU-Turkey tensions resurface over NATO summit http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-turkey-tensions-resurface-over-nato-summit/

Website: Chicago 2012. The global crossroads. The Official Host Committee Website for the Chicago NATO Summit http://www.chicagonato.org/

US Mission to NATO: NATO Chicago Summit 2012 http://nato.usmission.gov/nato_chicago_summit.html

NATO: Summit meetings of Heads of State and Government, Chicago, 20-21 May 2012 http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/events_84074.htm

BBC News, 20.5.12: Nato summit to discuss withdrawal from Afghanistan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18135796

Deutsche Welle, 20.5.12: NATO summit to plot future course in Afghanistan http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,15963688,00.html

France24, 20.5.12: Hollande faces NATO wrath over Afghan troop pullout http://www.france24.com/en/20120520-hollande-faces-nato-wrath-over-afghan-troop-pullout-taliban-obama

ESO: Background information: NATO in Afghanistan http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-nato-in-afghanistan/

ESO: Background information: Gates rebukes Nato allies over Afghanistan http://www.europeansources.info/record/gates-rebukes-nato-allies-over-afghanistan/

E!Sharp, June 2012: Lies, damn lies and Afghanistan http://esharp.eu/

NATO: Topic Summit Meetings http://www.nato.int/cps/en/SID-ED3EEDE5-B195422B/natolive/topics_50115.htm

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