Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 51 Karl Eikenberry 51 General Ray Odierno 50 Kevin Bergner 48 Barno 48 David Petraeus 47 Kai Eide 47 General Stanley McChrystal 46 McChrystal 46 Odierno 46 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 46 troop drawdown 45 Abizaid 45 General Shaukat Sultan 45 Petraeus 45 David McKiernan 44 Gen. Mark Kimmitt 44 Stanley McChrystal 44 General Athar Abbas 44 Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan 44 Taliban strongholds 44 Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno 44 Abdul Karim Khalaf 44 Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 44 troop buildup 44 Peter Schoomaker 43 Taliban 43 KABUL Afghan 43 John Abizaid 43 Mark Hertling 43 Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad 43 South Waziristan 43 Ricardo Sanchez 42 Gen. Ray Odierno 42 Afghan 42 Taleban 42 troop surge 42 Gen Petraeus 42 Karzai 42 President Hamid Karzai 41 Peter Galbraith 41 troop reductions 41 Lt. Gen. Ricardo 41 Eikenberry 41 troop levels 41 Elizabeth Mathias 41 Taliban fighters 41 H. Petraeus 41 Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas 41 resurgent Taliban 41 Shinseki 41 Sedwill 40 Gen. McChrystal 40 Admiral Mullen 40 Staffan de Mistura 40 Guehenno 40 Carter Ham 40 Paul Bremer 40 Nangarhar 40 Natynczyk 40 Jean Marie Guehenno 40 Musharraf 40 militant sanctuaries 40 President Pervez Musharraf 40 Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno 40 Khalilzad 40 Kimmitt 39 tribal regions 39 Taleban fighters 39 ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 39 insurgent strongholds 39 insurgents 39 Michael Ranneberger 39 troop withdrawals 39 Al Rubaie 39 Afghanistan 39 Afghans 39 Gen. Raymond Odierno 39 Taliban militants 39 Zebari 39 Mohammed al Askari 38 Lt. Col. Christopher Garver 38 General Ashfaq Kayani 38 Taliban insurgency 38 Zalmay Khalilzad 38 commanders 38 Spanta 38 Rumsfeld 38 Marjah 38 KABUL 38 Donald H. Rumsfeld 38 Gen. Janis Karpinski 38 Shah Mahmood Qureshi 38 Rear Adm. Gregory 38 Swat 38 Federally Administered Tribal Areas 38 troop reinforcements 38 Hertling 38 Jay Garner 37 Mehsud 37 KABUL Reuters 37 Jim Garamone