Battle For Afghanistan's Gambir Jungle: Into The 'Valley Of Death' -- Christian Science MonitorThe first, furious hours of Operation Hammer Down took a heavy toll on 1st Platoon. As the Taliban picked off platoon leaders, there was little the Americans could do but wait for nightfall.
By late June, the US troops of Operation Hammer Down were ready to go, and they had terrorist training camps of the Pech River Valley in their sights.
The Pech Valley is the face of the war in eastern Afghanistan: remote, treacherous, and home to the legendary veterans of the battles against Soviet occupation in the 1980s. It has been called the "Valley of Death."
Read more ....
WNU Editor: Part I of this series is here.
No comments:
Post a Comment