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Reporting from the Frontlines

8:28 PM, Apr 20, 2009 • By JOHN MCCORMACK
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C.J. Chivers continues to provide excellent reporting on the war in Afghanistan for the New York Times. Last week, Chivers wrote on the "Good Friday" U.S. ambush of the Taliban in Korangal Valley, and today he follows up with a report on the Taliban's ambush of a U.S. platoon in the same region.