The pledge of additional U.S. troops to backstop the Canadian effort in fractious southern Afghanistan came after France pledged to send an additional battalion of soldiers to eastern areas along the border with Pakistan, thereby freeing the Americans to shift south.

The developments came at a working dinner of NATO leaders in Bucharest, where the 59-year-old trans-Atlantic alliance is meeting with Afghan issues uppermost on the agenda.

A spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that during the dinner 'many heads of government acknowledged Canada's significant contributions in Afghanistan and decision to extend our presence.'

No numbers were attached to the new troop arrangements worked out tonight, which are expected to be formalized tomorrow during a meeting of the 40 world leaders engaged in the effort to stabilize Afghanistan.

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