The phrase "areas militant" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe regions or groups that are militant in nature, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The report highlighted the challenges faced by areas militant in their resistance to government policies."
Alternatives: "militant regions" or "militant zones".
In some areas, militant threats and anti-Indian sentiment dampened turnout, but some people defied threats, voting with enthusiasm.
Morton Bahr, the C.W.A.'s president, welcomed the partnership with Mr. Fire, saying, "Philosophically, we were on the same plane, meaning progressive in lots of areas, militant but responsible".
Last May suicide bombers hit an ISI office in Lahore, killing a colonel; in the tribal areas militants have killed 57 agents and wounded 86.
In 1983, after attacks on Tamil neighborhoods in Colombo and other areas, militants succeeded in winning the support of liberal Roman Catholic and secular human rights organizations in Europe, who portrayed the Tamils as a persecuted minority.
In announcing the pact with the Swat-area militants, a ranking official in North-West Frontier Province called it a means of stemming bloodshed through rapprochement rather than capitulation.
In other areas of the country, militants, their faces covered in checkered kaffiyehs, attacked army positions.
For Pakistani journalists working in Taliban-controlled areas, parroting militant views might be a survival tactic.
The absence of government troops in these areas allowed militant groups to gain new footholds.
Officials worry about radical Islam's growing profile in Jordan and support in impoverished areas for militant groups.
Nigeria experienced a drop in cases in 2010 followed by an upsurge to 84 cases this year, mostly in areas where militant groups are fighting and people distrust Western vaccines.
The BBC's Orla Guerin has been to one of the worst-affected areas, near militant strongholds in the north-west, where more than 750 schools have been damaged or destroyed in recent years.
