Afghanistan's Dangerous Korengal Valley
Adam Ferguson for TIME
The Valley of Death
The enemy routinely fires on the soldier's positions from perches in the gorge. No one knows what — or who — lies at the end of the 6-mile-long valley because no one has been able to make it that far. In this photo, smoke rises from a mortar fired by American troops.
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