Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 53 poppy cultivation 51 opium poppy 50 opium 47 poppy 46 Helmand 45 Afghanistan 43 poppy fields 43 Helmand province 43 Taliban fighters 43 troop surge 43 Taliban strongholds 42 Taliban stronghold 42 poppies 42 Helmand Province 42 Taliban insurgency 42 troop buildup 42 troop levels 41 Marjah 41 crops 40 Kandahar province 40 insurgency 40 Taliban 40 crop 39 Afghan 39 ordinary Afghans 39 drawdown 39 insurgents 38 Petraeus 38 Musa Qala 38 UNODC 38 troop reductions 38 Taleban 38 Sangin 38 troop withdrawals 38 Afghans 38 resurgent Taliban 37 weather warms 37 troop 36 coca 36 Opium 36 counterinsurgency 36 insurgent 36 southern Helmand province 35 warmer weather 35 wheat 35 Uruzgan 35 pomegranates 35 troops 35 growers 35 counter narcotics 35 Marja 34 troop pullout 34 flowering 34 Nangarhar 34 snow melts 34 tribal regions 34 combat brigades 34 Iraq 34 Schoomaker 33 planting 33 McKiernan 33 Taliban militants 33 battlefield 33 commanders 33 3rd Brigade 33 Kandahar 33 Gen. Petraeus 33 sugar beets 32 ISAF 32 troop withdrawal 32 Sunni insurgency 32 Mexican drug cartels 32 counternarcotics 32 cultivation 32 NATO 32 MRAPs 32 McChrystal 32 corn 32 colder weather 32 springtime 32 counter insurgency 32 Haqqani network 32 unmanned drones 32 heroin 32 sweet corn 32 Shiite militias 32 Odierno 32 midsummer 31 Pashtuns 31 artemisinin 31 mandate expires 31 western Anbar province 31 combat 31 Shi'ite militias 31 Bajur 31 David McKiernan 31 Nato 31 surge 31 Zhari district 31 EFPs 31 Abizaid