The phrase "armed forces attacked" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing military actions or conflicts involving military personnel.
Example: "The armed forces attacked the enemy stronghold at dawn, aiming to secure the area."
Alternatives: "military forces assaulted" or "troops launched an attack".
Armed forces attacked the house in 1976.
The Abu Sayyaf threatened to kill their hostages if the armed forces attacked.
Nyipuocs said a militia allied with the Sudanese armed forces attacked the SPLA and the local commissioner of Malakal.
But the realist response is that Ukraine, like Georgia, which Putin's armed forces attacked in 2008, has always been part of Russia's sphere of influence, and that the only practical response is a graduated economic one that steadily increases the pressure on the Russian leader and his cronies.
The Algerian armed forces attacked on Thursday as militants tried to move some of their captives from the facility.
Mahmood Malik, one of GAM's leaders, said the group would resist the armed forces' attack.
Trench warfare, warfare in which opposing armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground.
Updated at 2.36pm GMT 2.01pm GMT Reuters is now quoting an unnamed local resident as confirming previous reports of a high number of casualties in the Algerian armed forces' attack on the plant.
UNICEF welcomes the fact that the protection of children in armed conflict has been given a high priority in the ceasefire agreement, particularly by calling on parties to stop grave violations against children, including use and recruitment of children in the armed forces, attacks on schools, and rights to receive humanitarian assistance.
Following up on that story this week to investigate claims that Kenyan armed forces have attacked the al-Qaeda-linked Shabab militia inside Somalia, Baobab was struck by how little had changed.
In September 2012, Kenyan armed forces successfully attacked Kismayo, al-Shabab's main port and logistical base in south Somalia, and an important source of income for the group.
