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The valley is formed by a right tributary of the Pech River. It is about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) long and 10 kilometers wide. The valley has rocky mountains with limited agricultural land. The Korangal Valley is lushly forested with pine trees. Much of the valley's income is due to legal and illegal forestry and timber sales. In 2006 ...
The Korangal Valley campaign was a series of military operations conducted by ISAF forces against Taliban and other local insurgents in the Korangal Valley in Kunar province, Afghanistan, from October 2004 to April 2010. The campaign ended with a US withdrawal from the valley, after suffering heavy casualties, and a Taliban takeover ...
22. Nov. 2022 · Learn why the Korengal Valley was one of the most dangerous places in Afghanistan for U.S. and NATO forces. See how the terrain, the insurgents, the civilians, and the border made it a nightmare for occupying troops.
24. Okt. 2022 · Learn about the Korengal Valley, a remote and mountainous region that saw some of the deadliest engagements of the War on Terror. Discover the challenges, casualties, and controversies of the US military's involvement in the 'Valley of Death'.
8. Aug. 2018 · At War. War Without End. The Pentagon’s failed campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan left a generation of soldiers with little to fight for but one another. Pfc. Paul Landenberger, a soldier in Viper...
24. Feb. 2008 · The Korengal Valley is a lonely outpost of regress: most of the valley’s people practice Wahhabism, a more rigid variety of Islam than that followed by most Afghans, and about half of the...
8. Okt. 2010 · In 2007 and 2008, Outpost Restrepo in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley was one of the most dangerous places on earth. The platoon of American soldiers from Battle Company of the 173rd Airborne...
