Sentence examples for stepping up operations from inspiring English sources

Now the army is stepping up operations in regions bordering Afghanistan that harbour the Pakistani Taliban and other militants.

You will expect we are continuing to make sure we have the right plans in place and stepping up operations given where discussions have got to.

They're stepping up operations and scrambling to find ways to get around the Shabab restrictions, turning to new technologies like sending electronic money by cellphone so people in famine zones can buy food themselves from local markets.

Measures to protect girls from FGM in the UK have also been announced by police and Border Force agents, who are stepping up operations as the school summer holidays begin.

Despite reports it has recently been pulling back, Tehran still has the option of stepping up operations inside Syria by its Revolutionary Guard units and its Lebanese militia ally, Hezbollah, against Saudi-backed anti-government forces.

While US officials are right to note that most of these deaths came at the hands of Taliban attacks, the cumulative effect of putting more US troops on the battlefield and stepping up operations meant that more Afghans were going to die.

Ship crews have pulled more than 2,000 refugees from overcrowded boats in the Mediterranean, Italy's coastguard has said, as people-smugglers stepped up operations during two consecutive days of good weather.

The government stepped up operations to retake rebel-held areas following the election of Mr Poroshenko as president in June.

At the same time, the US has decided to step up operations against suspected militants using pilotless drones.

Tensions between Washington and Islamabad have grown in recent weeks as American troops have stepped up operations against militants.

In recent months, as the additional troops and resources ordered up by President Obama have poured in, the American military has stepped up operations against Taliban strongholds.