Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 77 rampant corruption 70 corruption 57 lawlessness 56 corrupt 55 cronyism 52 Corruption 51 rights abuses 51 graft 50 inefficiency 47 impunity 47 insurgency 46 authoritarian rule 46 criminality 46 democracy 46 corruption scandals 46 tribalism 45 authoritarianism 45 bureaucracy 45 militancy 45 religious extremism 44 mismanagement 44 abuses 44 warlords 44 democratic 44 US backed 44 endemic 44 ethnic tensions 43 anti graft 42 impoverished 42 illiteracy 42 dictatorship 42 governance 42 civil society 42 poverty 42 inequality 41 abject poverty 41 nepotism 41 democratic reforms 41 criminal gangs 41 insecurity 41 environmental degradation 41 militias 40 influence peddling 40 repression 40 dictatorships 40 drug trafficking 40 extreme poverty 40 lawless 40 mafia 40 politicization 39 infighting 39 insurgencies 39 instability 39 cynicism 39 drug lords 39 drug traffickers 39 judiciary 39 malfeasance 38 Islamic extremism 38 rampant 38 immorality 38 Taliban insurgency 38 greed 38 authoritarian 38 drug cartels 38 bribery 38 extremism 38 oligarchs 38 Transparency International 38 democratically elected 37 elites 37 incompetence 37 reforms 37 civil strife 37 brutality 37 systemic 37 sectarianism 37 vices 37 government 37 human rights 37 rulers 37 scourge 36 inequalities 36 wasteful spending 36 unfairness 36 poverty stricken 36 excesses 36 President Hamid Karzai 36 Islamist militants 36 ills 36 sectarian tensions 36 populism 36 inefficiencies 36 scandals 36 apathy 36 militarism 36 malnutrition 36 dictators 36 anarchy 36 joblessness 36 junta