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U.S. troops return to Afghanistan’s "lost province"

Posted on 6/13/2012 by

KAMDESH, Afghanistan (Reuters) – - U.S. troops returned to the area in Afghanistan they call the “dark side of the moon” this week, a remote Hindu Kush region that controls several access routes to Kabul and where the coalition suffered one of its biggest reverses in the decade-long war.

This part of Nuristan province, in the mountainous far east of Afghanistan, could be the target of a planned Taliban offensive, coalition commanders say.

Article source: http://news.yahoo.com/u-troops-return-afghanistans-lost-province-084205866.html

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