Nuristan-Kunar Corridor

Nuristan-Kunar Corridor ( yellow line, Afghan Patki Border )


Konar-Kunar Corridor


Konar-Kunar Corridor


Fly over, Afghan into Patki, Taliban Route. ( Korengal valley, virtual fly over )



Bill Roggio and David Tate's articles point to the success of the
collation's engagements and Intel.
September 1, 2007
Flashpoint Afghanistan: Musa Qala. ( fight )
The fight against al Qaeda, the Taliban, and allied extremists in eastern Afghanistan has heated up over the past year. According to a high-level NGO executive, al Qaeda has called for jihadis to flock to Nuristan to help push the Americans out. The open plea from al Qaeda may point to the importance Nuristan has held to the insurgency in this region along the border with Kunar province. Since the start of Operation Enduring Freedom there has been no sustained, conventional Coalition or government presence in Nuristan. Emboldened by a seemingly neglectful strategy in regard to the area, Nuristan and its isolated valleys have become a comfortable home for hundreds of terrorists and other anti-government allies.

In July 2007, Richard Strand, who has worked in and collected data on Nuristan for 40 years, published his interpretation of current issues plaguing, what he calls, "The Nuristan-Kunar Corridor". According to Strand, this corridor is the gateway to Kabul and al Qaeda is making a major push to secure it.

The bin Laden factor

It is commonly believed that Nuristan and Kunar could be hiding the elusive Osama bin Laden.

Continue reading "Afghanistan: The jihad within a jihad" »

More on Muristan Kunar Corridor here

Other in area: spereh ghar, kotgl ghar,enjaray ghar,ghar-e ghar,sorkay ghar,maya sar,silala sar,llazal, mama khuryay sar,kunar,suray tiza,cambai ghar,cambal ghar.

Nuristan:
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158th Infantry- PRT Nuristan Part I
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