Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 61 tribal rivalries 53 tribalism 50 clans 49 Pashtun tribes 49 Pashtun 48 tribally 47 loyalties 46 sectarian divides 46 Pashtuns 45 tribal chiefs 44 clan militias 43 Sunni Muslim 43 tribal 43 Sunni 43 sectarianism 43 factionalism 43 nationalist sentiments 42 factions 42 allegiances 42 clannish 42 sectarian 42 minority Sunnis 42 warlords 42 Shi'as 42 Alawites 42 Sunnis 42 religious sects 41 sectarian divisions 41 ideology 41 fiefdoms 41 nationalism 41 ethnic Pashtuns 41 tribes 41 polities 41 patriarchal 41 strongmen 41 powerbase 41 enmities 41 clan 41 Shi'ite 41 ideologies 41 rivalries 40 oligarchies 40 tribal militias 40 Baathist regime 40 Zaghawa 40 raging insurgency 40 ethnic tensions 40 Shi'a 40 Sunni heartland 40 ethnic Pashtun 40 Islamists 39 Hawiye 39 ethnic Tajik 39 caste 39 elites 39 Sunni Arab 39 sects 39 ethnic 39 militias 39 radical Islamism 39 Hazaras 39 ethnical 39 rulers 39 Shias 39 clansmen 38 patriarchal society 38 Shi'ites 38 Pakhtun 38 Shiite 38 stubborn insurgency 38 casteism 38 ethnically 38 religious fanaticism 38 Sunni Arabs 38 religion 38 insurgency 38 religious extremism 38 ethno religious 38 Sunni Shia 38 obscurantist 38 Shiites 38 chauvinism 38 feudal lords 38 clan elders 38 tribesmen 38 nationalist sentiment 38 animist 38 tribespeople 38 Muslim sects 38 antagonisms 38 corruption nepotism 38 warlordism 38 piety 38 religiosity 38 predominantly Sunni 38 factional 37 sectarian strife 37 insurgencies 37 mores 37 Shi'i