Barack Obama’s plan to nearly double American troop numbers in Afghanistan needs to be matched by a similar surge in development workers and aid funding, Nato’s secretary general says.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today that the UK Government was in “full support of the territorial integrity” of Georgia.

NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is in Pakistan today for talks with Pakistani leaders on Afghanistan, where the alliance troops have carried out deadly offensives against Taliban insurgents in recent weeks.

Nato Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer pledged his alliance’s support and assistance today for the US following the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina.