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NATO

NATO

Formed in 1949 with the rise ofhe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), also known as the Atlantic Alliance, is a defense organization whose members agree to defend each other if attacked by an external enemy. NATO has 28 member nations, including the United State of America, Canada, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and France. It's flag and logo bear a four-pointed star.

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Polish soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand during a ceremony to hand over security control in Ghazni province on January 12, 2012. The security responsibilities of the Ghazni province is handed over from the NATO forces to Afghan security forces on January 12. NATO forces handed over most of a peaceful province to Afghan authorities.

Pakistani protesters gather beside a burning US flag during a demonstration in Multan on January 11, 2012 against the US drone attacks in Pakistani tribal areas. The deadly US drone campaign in Pakistan's tribal zone resumed with a missile strike that killed four militants, two months after a NATO raid that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

Pakistani security officials examine the site of a bomb blast in Jamrud on January 10, 2012. A remote-controlled bomb blast killed 35 people and wounded more than 60 others in the deadliest attack in months in the Taliban-hit tribal region of northwest Pakistan. The explosion took place in a market in Jamrud, one of the towns of the troubled Khyber tribal region, which also used to serve as the main supply route for NATO forces operating in Afghanistan.

Burqa-clad Afghan women walk past a policeman as US soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard in Ghazni on January 1, 2012. Foreign troops fighting in Afghanistan continue to pay a high toll, with more than 560 killed in 2011, the second highest number in the 10-year war against the Taliban-led insurgency. Commanders from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) say violence is declining following the US military surge which saw an extra 33,000 troops on the ground.

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