Canada has told US President George W Bush that it will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan next year unless Nato deploys more soldiers there.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is demanding that a further 1,000 Nato troops be sent to Kandahar province where Canada's 2,500 troops are based.
Canada's current mission in Afghanistan is set to expire in February 2009.
Seventy-eight Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have been killed in Afghanistan since 2002.
An independent report into Canada's mission issued last week recommended that Canadian troops remain in Afghanistan indefinitely.
However, it also said that Canada should pull out if it did not get the support it needs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7219415.stm
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