Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 46 Afghanistan 40 Afghan 40 Afghans 38 commanders 38 civilian casualties 37 troop levels 37 Federally Administered Tribal Areas 36 troop surge 35 counterinsurgency 35 Petraeus 35 Afghani 35 counter insurgency 35 Iraq 34 Gen. Petraeus 34 troop buildup 34 Taliban 34 sectarian violence 34 insurgency 34 Commanders 34 resurgent Taliban 34 troops 33 tribal regions 33 Pashtun 33 Taleban 33 Pashtuns 33 forces 32 Helmand province 32 President Hamid Karzai 32 Taliban stronghold 32 prisoner abuse 32 Abizaid 32 Helmand 32 ordinary Afghans 32 tribal belt 32 Islamist extremists 32 Karzai 32 war 32 insurgent 31 jihadis 31 Odierno 31 NATO 31 Taliban insurgency 31 Kosovo 31 North Waziristan 31 troop deployments 31 McChrystal 31 insurgents 31 Afghanis 31 Nato 31 David Petraeus 30 troop reductions 30 Musa Qala 30 soldiers 30 Wardak 30 Kabul 30 troop withdrawals 30 Eikenberry 30 de Hoop Scheffer 30 drone strikes 30 Hamid Karzai 29 counter narcotics 29 troop withdrawal 29 Kandahar 29 troop deployment 29 counterinsurgency strategy 29 Rumsfeld 29 Uruzgan 29 Zabul 29 jihadists 29 ISAF 29 Chechnya 29 Helmand Province 29 General Stanley McChrystal 29 Baluchistan 29 phased withdrawal 29 Waziristan 29 Special Forces 29 Sangin 29 Pakistan 28 bordering Afghanistan 28 Farah province 28 Security Assistance 28 Taliban strongholds 28 Taliban fighters 28 Anthony Cordesman 28 Kandahar province 28 troop pullout 28 FATA 28 Kunar province 28 Cordesman 28 peacekeeping mission 28 Soviet occupation 27 Anbar 27 Uruzgan province 27 counternarcotics 27 Al Qaeda 27 Central Command 27 Iraqis 27 peacekeeping 27 Pentagon 27 Khalilzad