“The sun rose over the mountains to the east, flooding the valley with
light. While it remained dark, we could still tease ourselves into thinking
that the job we had to do today was some way off. But the sun, creeping up over
the Hindu Kush, reminded us of the immediacy of our fate.”
Andrew Exum, “This Man’s Army,” 2004
(Photo: Jim Chiavelli)
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