Stalemate in Korangal Valley-Afghanistan

The American counter insurgency in this Taliban stonghold in Kunar Province has been at a bloody draw for years now. War reporter C.J. Chivers explains the fight from the inside.By C. J. CHIVERS
Published: May 13, 2009
KORANGAL OUTPOST, Afghanistan — The helicopters landed in blackness before the moon rose. The infantry company rushed out and through waist-high vegetation and into forests on


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