Sentence examples for indigenous force from inspiring English sources

Red Army units then stood back as the Germans crushed the partisans, killed 150,000 people and levelled the city, again wiping out an indigenous force that might have proved troublesome to the Soviets' plans to impose a communist government.

Although the peacekeepers are led by Turkish officers and sergeants, the rank and file is filled with local Turkmen and Assyrians, forming what former President Bill Clinton once described as a "neutral, indigenous" force.

Against Isis, the US is using cyber weapons as a method of warfare alongside the airstrikes, indigenous force training and special operations raids that characterize the US campaign in Iraq and Syria.

Gibb also suggests that the creation of an indigenous force may have been an attempt by Qutayba to establish a power base of his own.

The Taliban won the civil war of the 1990s because it was a powerful indigenous force and it expects it will win again when the Americans leave.

"On any occasion where you're dealing with an insurgency and where you're also growing an indigenous force... the enemy's going to do all that they can to disrupt both the counterinsurgency operations".

"Instead, they have been ultimately beaten by indigenous forces.

Only capable indigenous forces can ultimately win an insurgency.

"The indigenous forces must be the defeat mechanism of the enemy's insurgency," General Allen said.

Their default option of air strikes and limited assistance to indigenous forces has failed thus far.

It emphasises training, advising, mentoring and equipping indigenous forces for stability operations rather than deploying large numbers of American troops.