Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 56 regions bordering 52 largely ungoverned 52 resurgent Taliban 50 Mauritania Mali 50 ungoverned border 49 Taliban insurgency 49 extremist groups 49 militant sanctuaries 48 ungoverned spaces 48 Insurgent violence 48 virulent insurgency 48 insurgent safe havens 48 Islamist extremists 48 Islamic militancy 48 endemic graft 47 Islamist extremism 47 Islamic extremists 47 spiraling sectarian 47 semiautonomous tribal belt 46 Islamist militants 46 Islamist militancy 46 al Qaida offshoots 46 radical jihadists 46 Bajaur tribal 46 Escalating violence 46 arid Horn 46 rampant graft 46 Al Qaeda 45 militant Islamism 45 insurgencies 45 lawless Horn 45 violence wracking 45 insurgency 45 stubborn insurgency 45 semiautonomous tribal 45 impoverished Arabian Peninsula 45 insurgent sanctuaries 45 al Qaida 45 Islamist radicalism 45 al Qaeda 45 militant safe havens 45 lawless tribal regions 45 NKorea vows 45 Waziristan tribal 44 tribal regions 44 Taliban strongholds 44 Taleban insurgents 44 Juarez drug cartels 44 narcotics traffickers 44 Mexican drug cartels 44 Al Qaeda sympathizers 44 lawless tribal 44 Islamic radicals 44 midlevel commanders 44 Qaeda operatives 44 al Quaida 44 bordering Afghanistan 44 Mali Niger 43 Islamist radicals 43 Islamist insurgents 43 Banditry 43 lawless northwest 43 Chechnya Dagestan 43 Afghanistan 43 resurgent Taliban militants 43 Baradar capture 43 Fierce battles 43 Islamist insurgency 43 northwestern tribal 43 Fighting rages 43 guerrilla strongholds 43 extremists 43 Al qaeda 43 Sporadic fighting 43 jihadists 42 kidnappings beheadings 42 porous borders 42 Al Qa'ida 42 Sectarian killings 42 Pakistani Taliban 42 rebel strongholds 42 South Kivu provinces 42 porous frontier 42 malaria cholera 42 anarchic Horn 42 lawless tribal areas 42 lawless Somalia 42 Large swathes 42 AQAP 42 militancy 42 al Qa'ida 42 raging insurgency 42 al Shabaab rebels 42 Al Qaida 42 terrorism 42 radiological emergencies 41 Taliban 41 Geopolitical concerns 41 Unmanned aerial vehicles 41 Insurgent attacks 41 Drone strikes