Riedel says U.S.and NATO troops are facing a syndicate of terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan consisting of different groups like the Taliban and al-Qaida.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

You have discribed the border as a safe where things the Taliban just go over there, when they are chased by the Afghan troops and Nato and then they come back then things are a little bit cooler.

您把这个边境线描写成一个关卡,当塔利班分子被阿富汗和北约军队追击时，他们就越过边界线,风声不紧时，他们又通过这个关卡回来。

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But many of the NATO troops are not allowed to engage in combat operations or even to operate in violent parts of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

She says after the review the administration is convinced the situation in Afghanistan will improve sufficiently in the next 18 months for U.S.and NATO troops to begin transferring security to Afghan forces.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

and NATO troops in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

Some 100,000 U.S.and NATO troops are currently in Afghanistan, but increasingly casualty figures and concerns about a growing Taliban threat and an ineffective and corrupt Afghan government have led to diminishing public support for the war.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

About thirty-eight thousand American troops are there now, plus thirty-two thousand from other NATO members.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

"Despite more than two million troops in uniform - not counting the US military - NATO has struggled,at times desperately, to sustain a deployment of twenty-five thousand to forty-five thousand troops, not just in boots on the ground, but in crucial support assets."

VOA: special.2011.06.11

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

The pledges announced by NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rassmussen fall short of the 10,000 additional troops that Pentagon officials hoped for.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

and NATO forces in Afghanistan recently warned of mission failure unless more troops and resources are devoted to the effort.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The United States has nearly 68,000 troops in Afghanistan and there are about 40,000 from NATO and other allied countries.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

The U.S.and NATO commander there, General Stanley McChrystal, has said that without more troops the allied effort could fail.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

The commander of U.S.and NATO forces in Afghanistan has asked U.S.President Barack Obama for up to 40,000 more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

The NATO-led international force in Afghanistan sent troops to the scene to aid Afghan soldiers and police.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

"I am impressed by the fact that a number of NATO nations have sent troops.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

British and NATO officials say troops can not leave until Afghans can protect themselves.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

The announced troop cut was widely anticipated and will leave about 10,000 NATO forces in Kosovo compared to up to 15,000 troops there at any given time.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen made clear that despite an intensifying insurgency and uncertainty over whether U.S.President Barack Obama will send more troops, NATO will remain in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

Referring to mission creep in Afghanistan, Byrd went on to question the need for 30,000 to 40,000 additional troops requested by the U.S.and NATO commander General Stanley McChrystal.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said British envoys are being sent out to talk with coalition partners and NATO allies to make the case for sending more troops to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.13

NATO has nearly 60,000 troops in Afghanistan, but few alliance members wholeheartedly support the deployment, with many questioning what the North Atlantic alliance is doing there in the first place.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

In his first Washington address since assuming NATO leadership last month, Secretary-General Rasmussen said he understands America's desire to see its NATO allies commit more troops and resources to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

The president thanked Ms.Merkel for Germany's contributions to the NATO military force in Afghanistan, although the United States wants Germany and other NATO partners to add more troops to the effort.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

A bugle call and a moment of silence for NATO soldiers who have died in past and current combat missions - including in Afghanistan where over 1,000 NATO coalition troops have been killed.

VOA: standard.2009.04.04

His reported position on additional troops puts him at odds with the top NATO and U.S.commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal., who has recommended which would boost the U.S.commitment in the country to more than 100,000.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

In the latest violence, officials in Zabul province say at least two civilians were killed and 21 wounded Saturda when a suicide bomber in a small town walked up to NATO and Afghan troops patrolling a market.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

The key is we fight the same war now,". Still,even with the increased U.S.commitment, the expected increase in NATO forces and the new emphasis on developing Afghan forces, General McChrystal told his troops there is a long, difficult fight ahead.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

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

strategic objective." The defense secretary has given several hints of his views on the way forward in Afghanistan, including a speech earlier Monday in which he cautioned against an over-reliance on air power and high technology, which some officials believe should be used more in Afghanistan, instead of the additional troops the U.S.and NATO commander there wants.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06