Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 70 Afghanistan 62 Afghan istan 59 resurgent Taliban 58 troops 57 Aghanistan 56 Taliban insurgency 54 Iraq 51 Afghan 51 counterinsurgency 51 insurgency 51 resurgent Taliban militants 51 Taleban insurgents 51 Taleban fighters 51 Taliban 50 insurgents 50 Taliban fighters 50 Zabul Province 50 troop levels 50 militant safe havens 49 counter insurgency 49 Helmand province 49 Taliban strongholds 49 Helmand Province 49 NATO 49 Helmand 49 Taliban militants 48 insurgent 48 troop surge 48 insurgent sanctuaries 47 Taleban 47 afghanistan 47 Gen Petraeus 47 gradual drawdown 47 soldiers 47 Afganistan 47 Soviet Union invaded 47 Soviet occupiers 47 insurgent safe havens 47 Admiral Mullen 47 Kandahar province 47 Helmand provinces 46 troop buildup 46 McChrystal 46 Taliban stronghold 46 Bajaur tribal 46 military 46 Gen Stanley McChrystal 46 southern Helmand province 46 Islamist extremists 46 Petraeus 45 insurgencies 45 troop deployments 45 forces 45 Korengal 45 Nakhonay 45 Karl Eikenberry 45 Kunar Province 45 Marines 45 troop escalation 45 Drone strikes 45 Gen McChrystal 45 Wardak Province 45 Roadside bombs kill 45 Nato 45 Rumsfeld 45 war 45 Kandahar Province 45 Oruzgan 45 Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry 45 Bagram Air Base 45 Oruzgan province 45 Insurgent attacks 44 AfPak 44 commanders 44 Marine expeditionary 44 Afghans 44 Abizaid 44 Taleban militants 44 Khost Province 44 tribal regions 44 Operation Enduring Freedom 44 BAGRAM AIR BASE 44 Af Pak 44 western Anbar province 44 Irag 44 troop 44 combat brigades 44 Khowst 44 Operation Mountain Thrust 43 General Dannatt 43 al Anbar province 43 battlefields 43 volatile Helmand province 43 Robert Gates 43 Pashmul 43 Salahuddin province north 43 Kandahar 43 combat 43 stubborn insurgency 43 semiautonomous tribal regions 43 wartorn