Football: just a game - or war with a ball?
Football started as a game on a muddy field, with a basic ball and 22 men chasing it. Now it is a multibillion euro business hosting the world's biggest sporting event. With its growth, football has been interlinked with politics, conflict and security: football has helped start wars and helped end them. In this edition, we look at how the paths of football, politics and conflict have crossed around the world. More...
- Football: divider or uniter?
- Conflicts played out on and off the pitch
- Photostory: key football moments caught on camera
- Defence and attack - how the forces see football
Weaving stories on the frontline
“Please don’t let me die like Elvis,” was all that NATO TV video journalist and producer Melissa Preen could think when nature caught her off-guard during a gun battle with the Taliban. More...
Last updated: 06-Sep-2010 17:19
NATO in Afghanistan
- ISAF "placemat" (Contributing nations and troop numbers) - 6 August 2010 (PDF/1Mb)
- ISAF factsheets (Jun. 2010)
Events
Upcoming events- 7 Sept. 2010 - Briefing by Major General Nick Carter, Commander of ISAF Forces in Southern Afghanistan
- 11-17 Sept. 2010 - Civil- Emergency Exercise "ARMENIA 2010"
- 19-20 Nov. 2010 - Summit Meeting of NATO Heads of State and Government - Lisbon, Portugal
- 10-11 June 2010 - Defence Ministerial Meetings in Brussels
- 17 May 2010 - Strategic Concept Experts to present their report at NATO HQ
NATO Talk
- 19 July 2010 - Speech by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the Kabul Conference
- 14 July 2010 - Press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai and NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan, Ambassador Mark Sedwill
- 16 June 2010 - Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai
- 7 June 2010 - Monthly press briefing by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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