Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 51 NATO 49 Afghanistan 46 gradual drawdown 45 Afghan 45 Nato 43 Gen. Josef Blotz 43 Khanabad 42 Appathurai 41 Gen Petraeus 41 Renuart 40 troops 40 Petraeus 40 troop levels 40 Wardak 40 Reaper drones 40 Winnefeld 40 forces 40 ANSF 39 Aghanistan 39 resurgent Taliban 39 Stavridis 39 spokesman James Appathurai 39 CENTCOM 39 Abdul Rahim Wardak 39 Abizaid 39 Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty 39 resurgent Taliban militants 39 Taliban strongholds 39 Odierno 38 al Anbar province 38 Pentagon 38 Admiral Mullen 38 Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno 38 Bryan Whitman Pentagon 38 De Hoop Scheffer 38 Oruzgan 38 Shindand 38 Kandahar 38 troop drawdown 38 Fogh Rasmussen 38 Isaf 37 Helmand 37 troop drawdowns 37 Gen. Petraeus 37 poppy cultivation 37 McChrystal 37 U.S. 37 Gen. McChrystal 37 General Anders Fogh 37 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 37 troop rotations 37 missile defenses 37 Helmand province 37 deploy 37 Centcom 37 James Yonts 37 Iraq 37 Gen McChrystal 37 Oruzgan Province 37 civilian causalities 37 troop buildup 37 Atlantic Treaty Organization 37 ISAF 36 counter narcotics 36 redeploy 36 Mark Sedwill 36 Counter Narcotics 36 Robert Gates 36 analyst Anthony Cordesman 36 troop surge 36 Multinational Force Iraq 36 spokesman Geoff Morrell 36 Incirlik air 36 Kabul 36 Afghans 36 Natynczyk 36 General Stanley McChrystal 36 opium poppy cultivation 36 commanders 36 troop deployment 36 Oruzgan province 36 Marjah 36 Central Command 36 Gen. Gene Renuart 36 Kandahar province 36 Baluyevsky 36 Force ISAF 35 Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno 35 Taleban insurgents 35 counter IED 35 Zabul Province 35 Taliban 35 Helmand Province 35 Kandahar Province 35 Di Rita 35 Col. Gen 35 airpower 35 deploying 35 Helmand provinces 35 Karl Eikenberry 35 deployment