There are around 140,000 troops from the US and NATO in Afghanistan, and NATO officials predict more to arrive soon.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

"Right now we have a little over two-thousand troops on the ground, another nine-thousand in the area on the ships supporting us,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.20

They've been called in to assist US ground troops. A helicopter gunner asks for permission to fire.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

The US has been pressing European allies to send more troops to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

"Because when American strays from our values, it not only undermines the rule of law, it alienates us from our allies, it energizes our adversaries and it endangers our national security and the lives of our troops,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.22