NATO-member Norway will not send special forces to southern Afghanistan despite the alliance's appeal for additional forces to battle Taliban insurgents, the government said on Wednesday. "Norway will not expand its military contribution to ISAF with special forces at present," said a joint statement by Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and Defense Minister Anne-Grete Stroem-Erichsen. The statement said that Norway will instead increase aid for the Afghan people, and will work to strengthen international civilian efforts in Afghanistan.Meanwhile, NATO expressed fresh concern about insurgents crossing into Afghanistan and warned that it was closely monitoring a Pakistani peace deal in a volatile border area to see if it had any effect. "That border needs to be addressed," said NATO spokesman James Appathurai. "There are certainly concerns in many circles that there is support for the spoilers, in particular the Taliban coming from across the border," he told journalists in Brussels.