Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 66 counterinsurgency 64 counter insurgency 61 troop surge 54 troop buildup 53 Taliban insurgency 53 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 52 McChrystal 52 Petraeus 51 resurgent Taliban 50 insurgency 48 Marjah 46 Afghan 46 strategy 45 Helmand 45 Afghanistan 45 NATO 45 Taliban stronghold 44 Taliban 44 insurgents 43 Nato 43 Abizaid 43 Sunni insurgency 43 Afghans 42 David Petraeus 42 military tribunals 42 Karzai 41 Anbar 41 South Waziristan 41 Taliban fighters 41 doctrine 41 Khalilzad 40 commanders 40 Odierno 40 Taleban 40 offensives 40 troops 40 President Hamid Karzai 40 tribal regions 40 interrogation methods 40 Atlantic Treaty Organization 40 North Waziristan 39 counterterrorism 39 Anbar province 39 troop withdrawal 39 Pashtun 39 Doctrine 39 peacekeeping force 39 US backed 39 insurgencies 39 militarily 39 Rumsfeld 39 drone attacks 38 troop withdrawals 38 combating terrorism 38 Swat Valley 38 peacekeeping 38 peace accord 38 Kandahar province 38 Sunni insurgents 38 National Intelligence Estimate 38 Buner 38 combat brigades 38 jirga 37 drone strikes 37 Pentagon 37 Pakistani Taliban 37 peacekeeping mission 37 Pashtuns 37 Kandahar 37 Swat 37 Joint Chiefs 37 drawdown 37 interrogation techniques 37 Musa Qala 36 Iraq 36 diplomacy 36 democratic reforms 36 Haqqani network 36 Taliban militants 36 START treaty 36 Hamid Karzai 36 civilian casualties 36 Mehsud 36 Waziristan 36 Helmand province 36 democracy 36 cease fire 36 Iraqis 36 Bagram 35 John Abizaid 35 Central Command 35 Defense Secretary 35 Sunni Triangle 35 militias 35 warlords 35 Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 35 counter terrorism 35 sectarian violence 35 Holbrooke 35 insurgent stronghold 35 UN peacekeeping