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Special project collection: The Afghanistan Archive
The Path to Yaghestan
A CH-47 Chinook helicopter doorgunner on the approach to FOB Airborne in Wardak Province.
In the remote mountain villages of Afghanistan, fighting factionalism may be like fighting gravity.
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Issue: Spring 2010 / Volume 86/2
Published: March 31, 2010
Elliott D. Woods is a contributing editor to VQR. His VQR-sponsored website Assignment Afghanistan received the 2011 Digital National Magazine Award for Multimedia Package. His essay “Digging Out,” from the Fall 2010 issue, was nominated for a 2011 National Magazine Award in Reporting. His essay “Hope’s Coffin,” from the Summer...