This week the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), which leads ISAF, approved in principle the extension of its peacekeeping forces outside the capital.

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My government will ensure strong arrangements for defence based on the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, and promote international peace and security, especially in the Middle East and in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Something known as NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

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Mr Hagel promised that North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) allies in Europe would see no difference to their level of protection as a result, with the first three phases of the EPAA providing coverage of all of their territory as planned by 2018.

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