Earlier,White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said U.S.commanders in Iraq are confident that Iraqi security forces will be able to take control of the nation's cities.

VOA: standard.2009.06.30

Pakistani authorities say security forces detained Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan and four other key militant commanders in what they are describing "a successful" military raid just outside the main town of Mingora in the Swat Valley.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

"What EU NAVFOR would like to see, and probably other commanders in the area, would be for all regional players now to take this threat seriously and all regional players in the area to join us in fighting this scourge, this criminal activity."

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Soon after the war began in eighteen sixty-one, military commanders started to send battlefield reports by telegraph.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

U.S.military commanders say that despite the desperate conditions in parts of the capital, food distributions overall have been orderly.

VOA: standard.2010.01.26

With U.S.casualties in Afghanistan on the increase, the president is considering requests from his military commanders for more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Secretary Gates notes that the current and former Afghanistan commanders have both limited offensive air strikes in order to reduce civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

She says President Barack Obama is consulting with military commanders and other advisors to work out the best way forward in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

United Nations,Israeli, and Lebanese commanders met in South Lebanon in a bid to ease tensions, following the deadliest border clash in four years on Tuesday.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

It says 16 militants were killed in the clashes, including two key Taliban commanders, while more than 150 suspected fighters surrendered to local military authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

The attack,on Revolutionary Guard commanders and Sunni and Shi'ite tribal leaders gathering for a reconciliation meeting, was among the most brazen in the Islamic Republic in years.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

But lawmakers as well as American military commanders are concerned by violence in Iraq, particularly about the possibility that tensions between Arabs and Kurds could expand into widespread violence.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

British commanders say this Operation is making good progress, but in Afghanistan as a whole it has been a tough month, and in Britain public opinion-polls indicate public support is falling.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Last week the extremist leader's top spokesman, Muslim Khan was captured with four other militant commanders and military officials say information obtained from the detainees has helped the subsequent raids in Swat.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

He also said further efforts to reduce civilian casualties will be part of a military strategy review the secretary has ordered his new commanders to produce within 60 days of arriving in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

However,despite their successes, the Pakistani security forces had failed to kill or capture top Taliban leaders in the region until the announcement of spokesman Muslim Khan's arrest along with four other commanders on Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

U.S.officials have long said they believe al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his top commanders shifted their base of operation from Afghanistan to Pakistan's largely autonomous tribal regions after coalition forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

In fact,U.S.and NATO military commanders say insurgent violence rose nearly 60 percent between the first six months of this year, compared to last year the highest level of violence since 2001 when the Taliban government was ousted by US.led forces.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

"It is not a good thing for senior officers to be making derogatory remarks about their commanders, their political superiors, in any kind of setting, certainly not in a formal setting and certainly not when the news media are present."

VOA: standard.2010.06.22