Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 65 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 65 General Stanley McChrystal 60 David Petraeus 59 McChrystal 55 Petraeus 50 Gen. McChrystal 49 McKiernan 48 John Abizaid 47 troop buildup 47 Karzai 46 H. Petraeus 45 Abizaid 45 Odierno 45 President Hamid Karzai 45 troop surge 44 Taliban insurgency 44 Gen. Petraeus 44 Khalilzad 43 commanders 43 NATO 42 resurgent Taliban 42 Gen. Ray Odierno 42 Kayani 42 Robert Gates 42 combat brigades 41 troop levels 41 Afghanistan 41 Admiral Mullen 41 Abu Ayyub al Masri 41 Ibrahim al Jaafari 41 Afghan 40 Nato 40 Ban Ki moon 40 Eikenberry 40 Wardak 40 Mike Mullen 40 troop reductions 40 al Jaafari 40 Helmand 40 Marjah 40 Al Maliki 39 Anders Fogh Rasmussen 39 troop withdrawals 39 Schoomaker 39 Musharraf 39 Zalmay Khalilzad 39 Gen. Mark Kimmitt 39 Fogh Rasmussen 39 Rick Wagoner 38 Fritz Henderson 38 al Maliki 38 Kgalema Motlanthe 38 Taliban 38 Carter Ham 38 Prime Minister Nouri al 38 Shinseki 38 Maliki 38 counterinsurgency strategy 38 KABUL Reuters 38 Prime Minister Donald Tusk 37 Jay Garner 37 Jaafari 37 Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas 37 Ali al Dabbagh 37 Taliban fighters 37 troops 37 de Hoop Scheffer 37 Lt. Gen. Ricardo 37 Halutz 37 Allawi 37 Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 37 Dadullah 37 Hamid Karzai 37 Taleban 37 Nouri al Maliki 37 Ryan Crocker 37 Ahmed Aboul Gheit 37 drawdown 37 Taliban stronghold 36 ordinary Afghans 36 troop withdrawal 36 president Massimo Moratti 36 General Anders Fogh 36 Pervez Musharraf 36 Afghans 36 President Pervez Musharraf 36 radical Shiite cleric 36 Gen. Tommy Franks 36 Taliban strongholds 36 Claudio Ranieri 36 coach Ralph Friedgen 36 Secretary General Jaap 36 President Barack Obama 36 Frank Wren 36 David Cutcliffe 36 VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict 36 Mullah Omar 36 Felix Magath 36 counterinsurgency 36 Chief Executive Rick Wagoner 36 Secretary Donald Rumsfeld