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U.S. Army Soldiers and Afghan forces medically evacuate
an insurgent, wounded after attacking coalition forces,
to an American base to receive further medical treatment
during Operation Mountain Fire in Nuristan province,
Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. The U.S. Soldiers are
assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 1st Battalion,
32nd Infantry Regiment. Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew
C. Moeller. |

U.S. Army Soldiers fire mortar rounds at suspected
Taliban fighting positions during Operation Mountain
Fire in Barge Matal, a village in eastern Nuristan
province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009. U.S. and Afghan
forces secured the remote mountain village, which was
overwhelmed by insurgent forces several days before. U.S.
Army photo by Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller. |

U.S. Army Soldiers search through a weapons and
ammunition cache found while searching a hotel during
Operation Mountain Fire in Barge Matal, a village in
eastern Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2009.
The hotel is a known for harboring anti-Afghanistan
forces.
Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller. |