Taliban leaders in Pakistan say the campaign is in reaction to an expected army offensive against militants in South Waziristan.

VOA: special.2009.10.17

This offensive is already producing dramatic success, including the capture of senior Taliban leaders, the routing of their forces and the stabilization of key areas."

VOA: special.2010.03.13

President Obama told the BBC that the accusation was inexcusable, offensive and hateful.

VOA: special.2010.09.25

She noted the recent success of an American-led offensive in Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

Israel, facing rocket attacks, began its offensive 2 weeks ago.

VOA: special.2009.01.10

Now,he is calling for an offensive against al-Shabab.

VOA: special.2010.07.17

"The best antidote to intolerance is not the 'Defamation of Religions' approach of banning and punishing offensive speech, but rather a combination of robust legal protections against discrimination and hate crimes, proactive government outreach to minority religious groups, and a vigorous defense of both freedom of religion and expression."

VOA: special.2009.10.31

At a joint news conference, Mr.Brown praised the current Pakistani army offensive against Taliban targets in the Swat valley.

VOA: standard.2009.05.13

"We recognize the imminent threat. We are committed to enhancing our intelligence capabilities and our offensive capability to deal with this."

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

Hours ahead of Saturday's offensive, Pakistani authorities imposed a curfew and turned off mobile phone service in some areas.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

"The primary objective of this offensive is to force the collapse of the TFG and to force AMISOM to leave Somalia,".

VOA: standard.2009.06.26

Pakistani security analyst Mahmood Shah says the offensive has helped bridge the gap in trust between Pakistan and the United States.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

General Abbas also says the military has forces deployed throughout the northwest in case there is a backlash against the offensive.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

The offensive came after the United States and other western allies criticized the Pakistani military for failing to rein in the extremists.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Secretary Gates notes that the current and former Afghanistan commanders have both limited offensive air strikes in order to reduce civilian casualties.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

A Thai blogger this month received a royal pardon after serving one year in jail for posting photos deemed offensive on the Internet.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

Mexico's drug violence has killed nearly 25,000 people since 2006, when Mexico's president launched an anti-drug offensive.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

India's election commission ruled the remarks were criminally offensive and said he should not be a candidate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

But the offensive failed. Kony and his men subsequently launched a killing spree that left more than 1,000 people dead in eastern Congo.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

Pakistan's former ambassador to Kabul, Rustam Shah Mohmand, warns against escalating the offensive against the militants.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

"With the civilians, it is not possible to go and conduct offensive operations in that area.

VOA: standard.2009.04.06

During the military's final offensive to crush the rebels, UNICEF said hundreds of children had been killed in the months of battle in the north.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

The criticism prompted the Pakistani government to order a major offensive in late April to regain control of the Swat and other insurgency hit districts.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26