The United States has the largest military force in the country among the 42-nation coalition fighting the eight-year-old war against the insurgents.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

Support for the eight-year-old war is declining among Americans.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

As Yemen battles al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, a Southern separatist movement, and tries to wrap up a six-year old war in the north, Western governments warn their citizens to stay out of the country, scaring off tourists and investors.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

"Prime Minister Putin still has a lot of sway in Russia and I think it is important that even as we move forward with President Medvedev, that Putin understands that the old Cold War approaches to U.S.-Russian relations are outdated,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

NATO announced that six more U.S.troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly nine-year-old war.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

The White House is now reviewing strategic recommendations made by the top U.S.military officer in Afghanistan, Details are confidential but they are believed to include the possibility of adding more troops to the already 60 thousand Americans in uniform deployed there in the eight-year old war.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

The 61-year-old is facing allegedly committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23