The first is to help the Mexican government crack down on the powerful drug cartels that operate along the border.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

U.S.Customs and Border Protection inspectors in El Paso,Texas are giving more scrutiny to people entering the United States on foot and in vehicles.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

The border closures have forced Gaza to rely on goods smuggled through underground tunnels from Egypt.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

At the NATO summit he attended on the French-German border, Mr.Obama said allies contributed important resources to support the new U.S.strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.04.11

Backed by the U.N.account, Israeli troops returned to the border area on Wednesday and continued pruning trees and bushes which could provide cover for terrorists.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

United Nations,Israeli, and Lebanese commanders met in South Lebanon in a bid to ease tensions, following the deadliest border clash in four years on Tuesday.

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

Akhonzadeh said Iran seizes about three tons of opium on its border every day, noting that drug profits are used to fund terrorist networks in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

But he made clear it is regional in nature - designed to deal with the threat posed by militants and extremists on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

European Council on Foreign Relations defense specialist Daniel Korski says Afghanistan is expected to dominate talks among leaders celebrating NATO's 60th anniversary April third and fourth on the French-German border.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

The group's South Asia researcher, Meenkashi Ganguly,in Mumbai, says the raw emotions are understandable among army soldiers, but that should not be an excuse to take revenge on the border guards.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

More than 90 South Koreans passed through checkpoints Saturday to cross the heavily armed border between North and South Korea, on their way to bittersweet reunions half a century in the making.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

Former security chief of Pakistan's tribal regions, Mahmood Shah,says the military is better placed today to extend the Swat anti-insurgency offensive into other Taliban strongholds, like the Waziristan region on the Afghan border.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

Pakistan is an ally in the U.S.-led war against terrorism and has been under pressure from Washington to intensify efforts to root out extremists blamed for launching attacks on coalition forces across the border in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

Experts in Pakistan believe the involvement of the local Taliban in the attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan could mean more pressure on Islamabad to intensify its crackdown on militants to secure the border areas.

VOA: standard.2010.01.09

That is something that we can stop," President Calderon has repeatedly urged the United States to crack down on arms shipments south of its border, saying 90 percent of weapons in the hands of drug traffickers originate in the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Analysts say the latest attack is likely to push Pakistan to launch a long-awaited military offensive against terrorist bases in the Waziristan tribal region, which is also being used to launch attacks on international forces across the border in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.11

The CIA facility was located opposite to the Waziristan tribal region and was reportedly playing a key role in gathering intelligence information to guide U.S.unmanned spy planes to launch drone strikes on al-Qaida and Afghan militants hiding on the Pakistani side of the border.

VOA: standard.2010.01.09