President Obama has ordered all U.S.combat forces out of Iraq by August of next year.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"The timeline that we've talked about is actually,in a sense that, if I were to use the surge in Iraq, look where we are right now, sort of apply the same kind of timeline to Afghanistan, as best we can tell, and we think that's reasonable, in terms of having the impact, and then being able to thin our forces out and bring them back".

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Lee and his officers decided to make a final effort to break out of the circle of Union forces.

VOA: special.2009.12.17

He and his crews were called in to help put out fires set by the Iraqi army as it fled from coalition forces.

VOA: special.2009.03.22

His forces are facing are facing an increasingly emboldened, virulent and agile enemy capable of carrying out attack after attack unabated.

VOA: standard.2009.06.15

three,the international community, including the forces under General McChrystal's command, are going to go all out to help make this a success."

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

"Again,those are decisions that the task forces are working on, and that the president will begin to lay out and discuss tomorrow ."

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

A majority would like to see all British forces withdrawn by the end of the year while 42 percent favor an immediate pull-out.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

Mr.Zelaya announced his return to Tegucigalpa on Monday, three months after he was seized by security forces and taken out of the country by airplane.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Naidoo added that police and defense forces also successfully carried out two security simulation exercises during the recent national elections and international cricket tournament in South Africa.

VOA: standard.2009.06.12

The terms include demands that all AMISOM forces be pulled out of Somalia.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Last Friday, soldiers were returning from patrol when they were ambushed in an attack thought to have been carried out by rebels from the Casamance Movement of Democratic Forces.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

And all U.S.forces, including support troops, are to be out by the end of 2011 under a separate agreement that was reached between the Iraqi government and the Bush administration.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

In her talk with reporters, Secretary Clinton praised the Calderon administration's performance in the drug fight, saying that Mexican forces are often out-gunned by drug gangs armed with military-style weapons bought in the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

Pakistan is an ally in the U.S.-led war against terrorism and has been under pressure from Washington to intensify efforts to root out extremists blamed for launching attacks on coalition forces across the border in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

"We do not have enough forces right now, between the Afghan security forces, trained and in place, and ISAF to be able to clear out the insurgents and then hold that so that development and reconstruction can occur.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

"As we train Afghan security forces to get them to take over the tasks and the responsibilities of Afghanistan, and I am saying what President Obama and the other leaders have said, then we will be able gradually to bring out forces home,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"First of all, we're asking to organize a corridor, not simply open the border, but to deploy some forces, which could lead people out who cannot get out of their houses, who are under siege, to help them cross the border, at least into Uzbekistan because it is the nearest country."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15