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 BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - At the heart of President Bush's problem in getting NATO allies to send more combat troops to Afghanistan is a basic disconnect over the war: The Europeans don't see it as one.
To them, it is mainly a challenge of political and economic development. To the U.S., that position underestimates the importance of confronting a Taliban insurgency that threatens the central government and is in cahoots with the al-Qaida terrorist network that launched the Sept. 11 attacks from Afghanistan.
NATO's split is evident even in how the Americans and the Europeans talk about Afghanistan.
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