Afghanistan's Dangerous Korengal Valley

US Troops Brave Afghanistan's Deadly Korengal Valley 

Photographer Adam Ferguson embeds with the First Infantry as they battle insurgents in the
Adam Ferguson for TIME

U.S. Effort
The soldiers stationed at Observation Post Restrepo, overlooking the Korengal Valley, are engaged in protracted battle against a toxic mix of local insurgents, Taliban leaders, foreign jihadis and al-Qaeda members.

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