The phrase "attack militants" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing military actions, security operations, or conflicts involving armed groups.
Example: "The government has decided to launch a campaign to attack militants in the region to restore peace."
Alternatives: "target insurgents" or "strike at extremists".
In each attack, militants dragged the bodies of a Western victim through the streets.
"Our duty is to defend this homeland, to protect unarmed civilians and to attack militants," said a Syrian officer.
Mr. Dasti opposes the American drone program that is used to attack militants in Pakistan, but he is not as virulently anti-American as many in his country.
Last December the then commander of US troops in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, said his troops would not enter Pakistan to attack militants.
Pakistan reacted angrily today after Nato said US helicopters had crossed into its territory from Afghanistan to attack militants, claiming to have killed more than 50 Taliban fighters.
In the last few months, American and NATO forces on the other side of the border of Mohmand have helped Pakistan to attack militants as they escaped into Afghanistan, the Pakistani security official said.
The United States has long debated how hard it can push Pakistan to attack militant strongholds in the tribal area.
See articleNigerian security forces continued to attack militant bases in the Niger Delta in the hope of allowing oil to be processed and exported unimpeded.
American officials say they envision sending trucks, troop carriers and transport helicopters, to give Yemeni forces greater mobility to attack militant fighters in their desolate redoubts.
Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister of Indian-controlled Kashmir, orders the Indian government to attack militant training camps across the Pakistani border.
The only consistent reports of offensive action by the Pakistani Army involve the use of helicopter gunships and artillery to attack militant compounds.
