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

We heard yesterday here at pond in Prinston, that the Parkistani government would like us to target other people, people who are leading the Taliban troops against their government rather than the people we want targeting who was leading the fighting in Afghnastan.

昨天我在普林斯顿的一个小湖边听到有人说，巴基斯坦政府想要我们去袭击其他人，那些反对政府的塔利班分子头目,而不是我们想要针对的人,这些人领导着阿富汗的斗争。

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"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