Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 43 lawless 41 hinterlands 39 lawlessness 38 hinterland 37 frontiers 37 eastwards 37 Arabian Peninsula 36 metropolis 36 rapidly 35 tribal belt 35 southwards 35 westward 35 Sahel region 35 Arabian peninsula 35 empire 35 frontier 35 northwards 35 heartlands 35 coastal strip 34 tentacles 34 empires 34 semi autonomous tribal 34 tribal regions 34 civilization 34 peripheries 34 banditry 34 southward 34 urban slums 34 slums 34 vast swaths 33 populace 33 Manchuria 33 badlands 33 Talibanisation 33 Sahara desert 33 enclave 33 deserts 33 militancy 32 steppes 32 eastward 32 kingdom 32 strongholds 32 Roman Empire 32 enclaves 32 northward 32 heartland 32 Federally Administered Tribal Areas 32 dominion 32 region 32 Islamist insurgency 32 anarchy 32 caliphate 32 large swaths 32 beachhead 32 insurgency 31 westwards 31 outpost 31 regions 31 nomads 31 villages 31 borderlands 31 bordering Afghanistan 31 outposts 31 garrisons 31 gradually 31 tyrannies 31 Manifest Destiny 31 insurrection 31 powerbase 31 Islamic fundamentalists 30 cartels 30 Sahel 30 lairs 30 despotism 30 Insecurity 30 kingdoms 30 peninsula 30 rebellion 30 lowlands 30 imperialists 30 perimeters 30 brigands 30 restive 30 territories 29 slum 29 anarchic 29 militias 29 ghettos 29 territory 29 wide swaths 29 epidemic proportions 29 farmlands 29 masses 29 wasteland 29 Islamist extremists 29 impoverished 29 fiefdom 29 mafias 29 crime syndicates 29 west 29 areas