BRUSSELS, December 04 (SPA) - NATO said on Friday 25 countries had pledged a total of around 7,000 more troops to support the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, following President Barack Obama"s commitment of 30,000 more U.S. troops. "Nations are backing up their words with deeds," NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told a news conference following talks with NATO foreign ministers. "At least 25 countries will send more forces to the mission in 2010. They have offered around 7,000 new forces with more to come ... That is solidarity in action and it will have a powerful effect on the ground, he was quoted as saying by Reuters. --SPA 14:26 LOCAL TIME 11:26 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/724793