US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has urged Germany to send more troops to Afghanistan.
He has warned that without reinforcements the Nato-led force could lose credibility in the country.
Mr Gate's letter to the German Defence Minister has been described as "unusually stern" by a German newspaper which has seen the correspondence.
The German Defence Minister, Franz Josef Jung, is reported to have issued an equally stern response.
The Nato-led force has almost 37,000 troops in Afghanistan.
Mr Gates's letter asks for Germany to consider a new mandate which could allow thousands more troops to be sent to Afghanistan with some deployed to the more dangerous south.
This harsh exchange of letters comes amid growing concern that the Nato led mission in Afghanistan is failing.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7221485.stm
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