Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 47 Stanekzai 41 Helmand province 41 Gen. Josef Blotz 41 Taliban 41 Kandahar 41 Afghans 40 Kandahar province 40 Shindand 39 Helmand 39 Taleban insurgents 39 Afghan 39 Wardak 39 Zabul Province 39 Marjah 39 Knittig 38 poppy cultivation 38 Pashmul 38 Afghanistan 38 Abdul Rahim Wardak 38 Appathurai 37 troop drawdowns 37 Mark Sedwill 37 Natynczyk 37 Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty 37 reintegration 36 Bryan Whitman Pentagon 36 Helmand provinces 36 resurgent Taliban militants 35 ISAF 35 Fogh Rasmussen 35 ANSF 35 commanders 35 Gen Nkunda 35 Kandahar Province 35 Kabul 35 Khanabad 35 Multinational Force Iraq 34 spokesman Geoff Morrell 34 Oruzgan 34 al Anbar province 34 NATO 34 Gen. McChrystal 34 McChrystal 34 Oruzgan province 33 Helmand Province 33 Gen Petraeus 33 jirga 33 troop drawdown 33 Gen. Petraeus 32 James Yonts 32 General Stanley McChrystal 32 Oruzgan Province 31 Robert Gates 31 Nato 31 gradual drawdown 31 General Anders Fogh 31 UNAMA 31 Pentagon 31 troop buildup 31 Barry Venable 31 Jalozai 31 analyst Anthony Cordesman 31 Centcom 30 Isaf 30 counter narcotics 30 civilian causalities 30 Taliban strongholds 30 warlordism 30 Di Rita 30 North Kivu 30 IDPs internally displaced 30 Gen. Gene Renuart 30 troops 30 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 30 Admiral Mullen 30 Sedwill 30 resurgent Taliban 30 troop surge 30 Aghanistan 29 Force ISAF 29 internally displaced persons IDPs 29 pacification 29 Petraeus 29 spokesman James Appathurai 29 reengagement 29 Rwasa 29 IDPs 29 Gen McChrystal 29 Kivus 29 troop rotations 28 Col. Gen 28 internally displaced persons 28 Renuart 28 CNDP 28 Reconstruction Opportunity Zones 28 displaced Tamils 28 Internally Displaced Persons IDPs 28 EUCOM 28 Stavridis 28 Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli 28 troop levels