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Even with the military strained by long-term deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan , the Pentagon has been steadily expanding its presence outside of declared war zones , dispatching troops to embassies in remote parts of Africa , Asia and the Middle East to conduct counterterrorism missions and to train local militaries .
 location contains: Middle East, Iraq; location contains: Asia, Afghanistan; location contains: Asia, Iraq
Given options, please tell me the relationships of all the listed entity pairs.Output format is "relation1: word1, word2; relation2: word3, word4". 
Option: ethnicity, place lived, geographic distribution, company industry, country of administrative divisions, administrative division of country, location contains, person of company, profession, ethnicity of people, company shareholder among major shareholders, sports team of location, religion, neighborhood of, company major shareholders, place of death, nationality, children, company founders, company founded place, country of capital, company advisors, sports team location of teams, place of birth 
Text: {0} 
 Entity Pairs:  Middle East, Iraq; Asia, Afghanistan; Asia, Iraq 
Answer:
 location contains: Middle East, Iraq; location contains: Asia, Afghanistan; location contains: Asia, Iraq