Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 58 resurgent Taliban 58 tribal regions 55 Waziristan 54 Taliban militants 53 South Waziristan 53 Taliban 52 Taliban insurgency 51 Haqqani network 51 Taliban fighters 51 bordering Afghanistan 50 North Waziristan 49 Taliban stronghold 49 missile strikes 49 Taleban 49 Pakistani Taliban 48 Islamist extremists 48 drone strikes 47 Al Qaeda 47 al Qaida 47 Kayani 47 militancy 47 Pakistan 47 Afghan 46 drone attacks 46 Haqqani 46 Islamist militants 46 Afghanistan 46 tribal belt 46 Bajur 46 insurgents 46 Islamic extremists 46 militants 46 extremists 46 al Qaeda 45 Mehsud 45 Islamic extremism 45 sanctuaries 44 South Waziristan tribal 44 North Waziristan tribal 44 Islamist insurgents 44 NATO 44 Pakistani 44 Mullah Omar 44 Islamic militants 44 extremism 43 troop surge 43 counterinsurgency 43 Islamic militancy 43 Zawahri 43 McChrystal 43 insurgency 43 General Stanley McChrystal 43 Baitullah Mehsud 43 violent extremism 43 Swat Valley 43 counterterror 43 President Pervez Musharraf 43 Bajaur 43 Nato 42 Hakimullah Mehsud 42 jihadists 42 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 42 President Hamid Karzai 42 counter insurgency 42 extremist groups 42 Al Qaida 41 Karzai 41 PKK 41 troop buildup 41 al Qaida operatives 41 Osama bin Laden 41 Qaeda 41 counterterrorism 41 Musharraf 41 jihadis 41 missile shield 41 safe havens 41 President Gen. Pervez 41 Islamist militant 41 Petraeus 41 nuclear ambitions 41 Swat 41 Gen Musharraf 40 offensives 40 terrorism 40 al Qa'ida 40 Zawahiri 40 bin Laden 40 Islamic radicals 40 counterinsurgency strategy 40 Holbrooke 40 commanders 40 Gilani 40 Orakzai 40 combating terrorism 40 Kurdish rebels 40 Marjah 39 Sunni insurgents 39 FATA 39 al Qaida operative 39 Swat valley