Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 59 Karl Eikenberry 57 McChrystal 57 Petraeus 54 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 54 Gen McChrystal 54 Gen. McChrystal 54 Gen Petraeus 53 David Petraeus 52 General Ray Odierno 52 Admiral Mullen 52 General Kayani 52 Stanley McChrystal 51 Gen. Petraeus 51 Natynczyk 51 Sedwill 50 Abizaid 50 Odierno 50 General Stanley McChrystal 50 Gen. Ray Odierno 49 Afghanistan 49 Ambassador Karl Eikenberry 48 Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno 48 Eikenberry 48 Oruzgan 47 Robert Gates 47 Gen. Rick Hillier 47 Spanta 47 Barno 46 Ray Odierno 46 ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 46 Afghan 46 Kayani 46 David McKiernan 46 Jaap de Hoop Scheffer 46 troop surge 46 Wardak 46 Lt. Gen 46 Ambassador Crocker 46 H. Petraeus 45 Afghanistan Kai Eide 45 Kiyani 45 President Hamid Karzai 45 Dubik 45 Army Lt. Gen. 45 Zalmay Khalilzad 45 Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry 45 Shivshankar Menon 45 General Ashfaq Kayani 45 Karzai 45 Lt. Gen. 45 Taliban stronghold 45 Federally Administered Tribal Areas 44 Gen. Raymond Odierno 44 Khalilzad 44 Kandahar 44 Mike Mullen 44 Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad 44 Kandahar province 44 Douglas Lute 44 Schloesser 44 David Barno 44 Taliban 44 Bagram Air Base 44 troop drawdown 44 Schoomaker 44 Marine commandant 44 Holbrooke 43 Central Command 43 Helmand 43 troop buildup 43 ordinary Afghans 43 Rajiv Shah 43 de Hoop Scheffer 43 Ambassador Richard Holbrooke 43 Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani 43 V. Hayden 43 Peter Schoomaker 43 Brig. Gen 43 Lieutenant General 43 Centcom 43 Taliban strongholds 43 Rumsfeld 43 Mullah Omar 43 NATO 43 Freakley 43 Marine Corps commandant 43 Gen. Pervez Musharraf 42 counterinsurgency strategy 42 Kandahar Province 42 Gen. 42 Oruzgan province 42 Pervez Musharraf 42 Richard Holbrooke 42 Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno 42 Gen Pervez Musharraf 42 Mullah Baradar 42 Fogh Rasmussen 42 McKiernan 42 commander 42 Michele Flournoy 42 Tommy Franks