Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 53 Petraeus 52 McChrystal 51 Odierno 48 Abizaid 47 Eikenberry 47 McKiernan 47 Afghanistan 46 counterinsurgency 45 Craddock 45 Hertling 44 Afghan 43 counterinsurgency strategy 43 Taliban 43 Eide 42 Waziristan 42 Kayani 42 Mattis 42 Mixon 42 counter insurgency 42 troop surge 42 Wardak 42 Marjah 41 Afghans 41 Cordesman 41 Gen. Petraeus 41 Taliban strongholds 41 Bagram 41 Taleban 41 Azimi 41 Lute 41 Morrell 41 troop levels 41 Sattler 40 Hillier 40 Khalilzad 40 Helmand 40 Taliban insurgency 40 Karzai 40 ISAF 40 David McKiernan 40 Franks 40 Mullen 39 David Petraeus 39 Frontier Corps 39 Security Assistance 39 NATO 39 Rumsfeld 39 commanders 39 counter narcotics 39 insurgency 38 counternarcotics 38 General Stanley McChrystal 38 H. Petraeus 38 Bremer 38 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 38 Central Command 38 troop buildup 38 Lapan 38 Holbrooke 38 troop reductions 38 Jacoby 38 Bajaur 38 resurgent Taliban 38 Helmand province 37 South Waziristan 37 North Waziristan 37 Haqqani 37 Idema 37 Bagram Air 37 McNeill 37 Nato 37 de Hoop Scheffer 36 Boykin 36 drone attacks 36 Kandahar 36 Kimmitt 36 Flournoy 36 ordinary Afghans 36 Orakzai 36 Taliban fighters 36 Bergner 36 FATA 36 Myers 36 counterterrorism 36 Kandahar province 36 Federally Administered Tribal Areas 36 Pashtun 36 #nd Airborne 35 Commanders 35 1st Brigade 35 insurgents 35 Karpinski 35 Guantánamo 35 Anthony Cordesman 35 Anbar 35 Mujahid 35 Musharraf 35 Belcher 35 3rd Brigade 35 Dostum 35 insurgent