Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 75 Taliban stronghold 66 Taliban fighters 65 Taliban militants 65 resurgent Taliban 63 Marjah 62 Taliban insurgency 61 Taliban 59 South Waziristan 59 insurgents 59 tribal regions 58 Helmand 58 Kandahar province 58 Taleban 58 Swat Valley 57 insurgent stronghold 56 Islamist insurgents 56 North Waziristan 55 Kandahar 55 Swat valley 55 Helmand province 54 Waziristan 54 Sunni insurgents 54 Afghan 53 Buner 53 Haqqani network 53 bordering Afghanistan 52 Afghanistan 51 Bajaur 51 offensives 51 Swat 51 Musa Qala 51 missile strikes 51 troop surge 50 counterinsurgency 50 tribal belt 50 Orakzai 50 Kunar 50 militants 50 Islamist militants 50 counter insurgency 49 Bajur 49 southern Helmand province 49 strongholds 49 drone strikes 49 insurgency 48 drone attacks 48 insurgent 48 Helmand Province 47 Anbar 47 Mingora 47 Ethiopian troops 46 forces 46 Afghans 46 Pakistani Taliban 46 North Waziristan tribal 46 NATO 46 troop buildup 46 Shiite militias 45 airstrikes 45 Diyala province 45 Khost 45 Diyala 45 Insurgents 45 rebel stronghold 45 Karzai 45 Kabul 45 guerrillas 44 Uruzgan 44 Shiite extremists 44 Nato 44 Anbar province 44 Sangin 44 troops 44 roadside bombings 43 President Hamid Karzai 43 Pashtun 43 Lashkar Gah 43 helicopter gunships 43 Fallujah 43 Tal Afar 43 FATA 42 Baluchistan 42 Sunni extremists 42 rebels 42 Pashtuns 42 Kunduz 42 rebel fighters 42 warlords 42 tribesmen 42 Tamil rebels 42 Khyber 42 tribal elders 42 Mehsud 41 Wardak 41 West Frontier Province 41 Islamic militants 41 civilian casualties 41 Sunni Triangle 41 Bagram 41 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 41 separatist rebels