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U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, fire mortar rounds at suspected Taliban fighting positions during Operation Mountain Fire, in the village of Barge Matal in eastern Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- A U.S. Army Soldier calls for an airstrike on the hills surrounding Barge Matal, during Operation Mountain Fire in Afghanistan’s eastern Nuristan province, July 12.
Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Forces battled with insurgent forces in the late afternoon, after quickly securing the village’s key areas early in the morning. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
090712-A-1211M-017: NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A U.S. Army Soldier with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, fires at Anti-Afghanistan Forces attacking from the hills surrounding the remote village of Barge Matal during Operation Mountain Fire, in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, July 12.
During the operation, U.S. and Afghan National Security Forces quickly secured the tiny mountain village, which was overwhelmed by AAF several days prior. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
090712-A-1211M-015: NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A U.S. Army Soldier with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, fires at Anti-Afghanistan Forces in the hills surrounding the remote village of Barge Matal during Operation Mountain Fire, in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, July 12.
U.S. and Afghan National Security Forces quickly secured the tiny mountain village, which was overwhelmed by AAF several days prior. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
090712-A-1211M-016: NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – A U.S. Army Soldier with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, fires at Anti-Afghanistan Forces attacking from the hills surrounding the remote village of Barge Matal during Operation Mountain Fire, in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, July 12.
During the operation, U.S. and Afghan National Security Forces quickly secured the tiny mountain village, which was overwhelmed by AAF several days prior. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
090712-A-1211M-023: NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan –A U.S. Army Soldier with 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, scans for insurgent forces as small arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades hit near U.S. and Afghan military positions inside the village of Barge Matal, during Operation Mountain Fire, in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, July 12.
International Security Assistance Forces alongside Afghan National Security Forces repelled the late afternoon attack. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
090712-A-1211M-032: NURISTAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Forces and U.S. Army Soldiers medically evacuate an insurgent fighter, who was wounded after attacking coalition forces, to an American base to receive further medical treatment, during Operation Mountain Fire, July 12.
U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, working alongside ANSF members, quickly secured key objectives inside the isolated village of Barge Matal, in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, which was overwhelmed of insurgent forces several days prior. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
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