Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 59 Operation Medusa 57 Marjah 54 Helmand 53 southern Helmand province 52 neighboring Helmand province 52 Taliban stronghold 51 Helmand province 51 Kandahar province 50 Taliban strongholds 49 Nad Ali district 48 Marja 48 Zhari 48 South Waziristan 48 Musa Qala 48 Sangin district 47 Diyala province northeast 47 Helmand Province 47 Sangin 47 Taliban insurgency 47 Kandahar Province 47 counter insurgency 47 Panjwaii 47 Panjwayi district 47 Taliban fighters 47 Taleban 47 Taliban 47 insurgents 47 Garmser 46 counterinsurgency strategy 46 offensives 46 Taliban militants 46 Oruzgan province 46 Taleban militants 46 Kajaki 45 troop surge 45 Panjwaii district 45 Kandahar 45 Diyala province 45 Kapisa province 44 Afghan 44 resurgent Taliban 44 Bajur 44 Afghanistan 44 Zabul 44 western Anbar province 43 jirga 43 Islamist insurgents 43 Buner 43 counterinsurgency 43 Oruzgan 43 shura 43 North Waziristan 43 Bajaur 43 insurgent 43 Anbar province 43 militant stronghold 43 tribal elders 43 Arghandab 42 peace jirga 42 South Waziristan tribal 42 Swat Valley 42 North Waziristan tribal 42 eastern Kunar province 42 al Anbar province 42 troops 42 insurgent stronghold 42 Kunar province 42 paramilitary Frontier Corps 42 Wardak 42 bordering Afghanistan 42 forces 42 Arghandab district 42 Al Anbar 42 Anbar 42 President Hamid Karzai 41 Khyber tribal region 41 Gen Petraeus 41 Isaf 41 Badghis province 41 insurgent strongholds 41 Sunni insurgents 41 Ghazni province 41 raging insurgency 41 insurgency 41 Kunduz province 41 Pashto 41 Falluja 41 Laghman province 40 Bajur tribal region 40 militants 40 Orakzai tribal region 40 troop reinforcements 40 Zhari district 40 General Athar Abbas 40 militant strongholds 40 stubborn insurgency 40 Shia militia 40 ISAF 40 Nangarhar province 40 Buner district 40 Afghans