abstract:In United States military terminology, a High-Value Target (HVT) is a target (a person or resource) that an enemy commander requires for completion of a mission. The term has been widely used in the media for Osama Bin Laden and high-ranking officers of Al-Qaeda who are considered essential to the completion of enemy operations.
"If we have a high-value target within our sights, after consulting with Pakistan, we are going after them,"
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According to him, Dr Afridi did get suspicious by late April 2011 that there might be a high-value target in the Abbottabad compound, but he still didn't know who it was.
Last week, France called for the European Central Bank (ECB) to consider setting a target for the single currency - steering it lower when the value became too high.