"They were willing to risk their lives, in this case, to prevent Afghanistan from once again becoming a safe haven for al-Qaida and its extremist allies.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Congressman Boehner of Ohio. "If we abandon Afghanistan, it will return to a safe haven for the Taliban and al-Qaida to plan and execute more attacks on Americans,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.28

"In this region,and beyond, we will tolerate no safe haven for al-Qaida and their extremist allies, we will disrupt and we will dismantle, and we will ultimately defeat al-Qaida."

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

"And clearly the goal that the president laid out back in March that we should deny al-Qaida and the Taliban safe haven in Afghanistan continues to be the goal,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

The Taliban had given safe haven to al-Qaeda, which had carried out the hijacking of four airliners to attack New York and Washington, in which more than 3,000 people died.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14

But not everyone believes that more U.S.troops, however rapidly deployed, will assure the defeat of Taliban militants and deny terrorists a safe haven from which to plan attacks on Western targets.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23

As he spoke to reporters in the Oval Office, Mr.Obama did not discuss the contents of the review, but he said he and Prime Minister Rudd agree that Afghanistan cannot be a safe haven for terrorists.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

"We will strengthen Pakistan's capacity to target those groups that threaten our countries and have made it clear that we cannot tolerate a safe haven for terrorists whose location is known and whose intentions are clear,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

"We are not changing our strategy, our strategy remains to achieve the goal of disrupting,dismantling and defeating al Qaida and its extremist allies, and denying them safe haven and the capacity to strike us here in London, or New York or anywhere else,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

It also listed reports of government forces shelling nominal safe-haven areas for Tamil civilians, killing rebels trying to surrender, and allowing dismal humanitarian conditions to prevail in displaced-person camps.

VOA: standard.2009.10.22