Republicans would need a 40-seat gain in November to take back majority control in the U.S.House of Representatives.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

But the military ended hostilities with peace agreements that critics say repeatedly allowed the Taliban to move back in and take control.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"If you go back to 2001, there were huge numbers of terrorists, under Taliban control, being trained in terrorist training camps to target this country and others,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.02