Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 65 resurgent Taliban 62 insurgents 62 Taliban insurgency 61 Taliban fighters 60 Taliban militants 57 Taliban 56 Taleban 55 militants 55 insurgency 53 Islamist insurgents 53 Afghan 52 Taliban stronghold 52 tribal regions 52 Sunni insurgents 51 Helmand 51 Shiite militias 51 Islamist militants 51 Afghanistan 51 Afghans 51 guerrillas 51 Marjah 50 Islamic militants 50 Kandahar province 50 Shiite extremists 50 Shiite militiamen 50 troops 50 troop buildup 49 southern Helmand province 49 forces 49 Helmand province 49 insurgent 49 tribal belt 49 Nato 48 NATO 48 troop surge 48 counter insurgency 48 extremists 48 President Hamid Karzai 48 Gen. Stanley McChrystal 48 militias 47 counterinsurgency 47 drone strikes 47 South Waziristan 47 McChrystal 47 Karzai 47 rebels 46 Pashtuns 46 missile strikes 46 General Stanley McChrystal 46 Bajur 46 militiamen 46 insurgent stronghold 46 Islamists 46 Islamic militancy 46 bordering Afghanistan 46 Kandahar 46 commanders 46 Sunni insurgency 46 Khost 46 civilian casualties 45 militancy 45 Islamic extremists 45 separatist rebels 45 Sangin 45 Pakistani Taliban 45 North Waziristan 45 Haqqani network 45 Islamic radicals 45 David Petraeus 45 civilians 45 US allied 45 Waziristan 44 US backed 44 Mahdi Army 44 offensives 44 Musa Qala 44 Swat Valley 44 Shiite militia 44 Helmand Province 44 Tamil rebels 44 Lashkar Gah 43 tribesmen 43 rebel fighters 43 Uruzgan 43 roadside bombings 43 Ethiopian troops 43 airstrikes 43 Insurgents 43 Kurdish rebels 43 extremist groups 43 Petraeus 43 warlords 42 Kunduz 42 insurgencies 42 Buner 42 North Waziristan tribal 42 jihadis 42 Force ISAF 42 roadside bombs 42 al Qaida 42 drug cartels