North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato)

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media, during his monthly briefing at the Residence Palace in Brussels, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The NATO Secretary General said that the use of chemical weapons in Syria cries out for a strong international response since otherwise it would give the go-ahead to any dictator around the world to use such weapons with impunity. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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Afghan policeman stand guard near burning NATO supply trucks following an attack by militants on a U.S. base in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Jalalabad province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

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Losing an ally: Mullah Bas Mohammad tells Army Lt. Ross Weinshanker that government authorities rarely visit his village of Charbagh, which relies on NATO troops for security and diplomacy. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** No one was seriously hurt in the Taliban's Sept. 13, 2011, attack on the U.S. Embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul, but a State Department inspector general's report cited "unnecessary risk to staff" because of a lack of resources. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Afghan security forces officers, with NATO compound workers, investigate the gate to a NATO compound following a suicide car bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)