Sentence examples for caught in fighting from inspiring English sources

In terms of deaths and injuries, 2013 was also the worst year of the war for Afghan women and children, with most of the casualties caused by either stepping on or driving over roadside bombs or getting caught in fighting.

General Hagenbeck said it was not clear whether the Americans were caught in fighting between Afghan factions or had come under attack from Taliban or Al Qaeda fighters.

Those controls have combined to make the Syrian revolt difficult to observe firsthand and reporters who do so run great risks of being caught in fighting, often in isolated pockets of rebel resistance.

In the midst of negotiating with Uganda and Sudan over the fate of children caught in fighting near their borders, she got a call after midnight a couple of days ago saying that the Unicef office in Ambon, Indonesia, was under siege and employees were being evacuated.

But there was the sound of gunfire close by and as time ticked away the risk of being caught in fighting only increased.

French troops intervened initially to protect foreign civilians caught in the fighting.

In recent years, the world body has taken a particularly strong stand here on human rights, pushing both the Taliban and the NATO coalition to take more care to avoid killing civilians caught in the fighting.

The United Nations humanitarian chief, Baroness Amos, is in Syria to discuss stepping up emergency aid for civilians caught in the fighting.

On the evening of February 7, though the fight was over for the military forces, the ordeal continued for the civilians who were caught in the fighting.

Increasing numbers of children are being caught in the fighting.

Yafati considers herself lucky, as she heard about an impending attack on her city early enough to escape before getting caught in the fighting.