U.S. Pulls Out of Afghan's 'Valley of Death' -- ABC News
Control of Afghanistan's Korengal Valley no Longer a U.S. Priority.
The beautiful, cedar-lined Korengal Valley has never been successfully occupied by a foreign force or even controlled by a central government, but the United States has spent five years fighting ferociously in the remote eastern Afghan gorge, only six miles long and two miles wide.
Forty-two service men died in the valley where, at one point, nearly a fifth of all the fighting in Afghanistan took place. Countless articles and television reports -- many which won awards -- focused on how difficult the warfare was in the area, dubbed by troops "The Valley of Death." Even a video game featuring a Korengal firebase saw more than $300 million in sales the first day it was released.
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More News On the Withdrawal Of US Forces From Korengal ValleyAmerican troops pull out of Korengal Valley as strategy shifts -- Times Online
Nato troops pull out of flashpoint Taliban valley -- BBC
American forces withdraw from Afghan valley -- Washington Post
US forces leave Afghanistan's Korengal Valley -- AP
Daily brief: U.S. pulls out of perilous Afghan valley -- Foreign Policy
NATO Troops Leave Eastern Afghanistan Valley -- Voice of America
ISAF units realign in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province -- Combined Joint Task Force
My Comment: 5 years of combat over 12 sq. miles of valley .... 42 service men killed and hundreds wounded .... and now this fight is no longer a priority.
Say that to the families who have lost their loved ones, and to the servicemen who survived but now the bears the scars of this fight.
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