Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 79 Taliban insurgency 66 Taliban 63 Taliban militants 63 insurgency 61 Taleban 61 Taliban fighters 60 Afghan 60 Afghanistan 59 Taliban stronghold 57 insurgents 57 tribal regions 55 Karzai 54 Helmand 54 counterinsurgency 53 troop surge 53 insurgent 53 President Hamid Karzai 53 Islamist militants 52 Marjah 52 troop buildup 52 bordering Afghanistan 52 militancy 52 Afghans 52 Kandahar province 51 counter insurgency 51 Kandahar 51 Sunni insurgents 50 Helmand province 50 Islamic extremism 50 militants 50 Islamic militants 50 extremists 50 NATO 50 Pakistani Taliban 50 Islamic extremists 49 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 48 North Waziristan 48 Nato 48 Waziristan 48 Shiite militias 48 troops 48 al Qaida 48 Swat Valley 47 Islamists 47 South Waziristan 47 drug cartels 46 al Qaeda 46 Al Qaeda 46 Anbar 46 Kabul 46 US backed 45 Ethiopian troops 45 McChrystal 45 warlords 45 Pakistan 44 Kunduz 44 Hamid Karzai 44 Swat 44 guerrillas 44 jihadists 44 extremist groups 43 extremism 43 Mehsud 43 sectarian violence 43 Libyan rebels 43 President Gen. Pervez 43 President Pervez Musharraf 43 offensives 42 militias 42 rebels 42 missile strikes 42 Petraeus 42 drone attacks 42 David Petraeus 42 Tamil Tiger rebels 42 Islamist 41 commanders 41 Anbar province 41 Pakistani 41 Al Qaida 41 Security Assistance 41 Musharraf 41 forces 41 Iraq 40 Kurdish rebels 40 militant 40 Maoist rebels 40 Islamabad 40 West Frontier Province 40 jihadi 40 Pakistanis 40 Abu Sayyaf 40 peacekeeping force 40 Baitullah Mehsud 40 Baluchistan 40 Islamic militant 39 militarily 39 tribal elders 39 reinforcements 39 Somalia 39 opium