U.S. Troops Call Afghan Region 'Vietnam Without Napalm'

by Hal Bernton — McClatchy Newspapers

JELAWUR, Afghanistan — The men of Bravo Company have a bitter description for the irrigated swath of land along the Arghandab River where 10 members of their battalion have been killed and 30 have been wounded since the beginning of August.

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