Texas ? President Bush vowed Monday to ask NATO allies to commit more troops and other resources to quell the Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, calling the success of the alliance’s mission there vital to the future security of both the United States and Europe.

At his Crawford ranch, Bush met with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and promised to again press reluctant NATO allies to do more to rebuild Afghanistan and root out the Taliban, which over the past year has gained strength in the southern portion of that country.

“We’ll work with our NATO allies to convince them that we must share more of the burden and must all share the risks in meeting our goal,” Bush said, adding that success “requires more than military action.”

Bush wants some European allies to provide more troops to fight the Taliban and to lift restrictions on how and where troops can fight. He has also pressed for more help with equipment and reconstruction, which has been slowed by a recent increase in violence in Afghanistan.