A u.s. army soldier from the 10th mountain division surveys a road in the tangi valley , afghanistan , on sept. 4 .
9月4日，在阿富汗tangi山谷，一位美国陆军第十山地师的士兵在监视一条公路。
The tangi valley traverses the border between wardak and logar province , an area where security has worsened over the past two years , bringing the insurgency closer to the capital , kabul .
The chinook transport helicopter crashed during an anti-taliban operation in the remote tangi valley , killing 30 u.s. troops , seven afghan commandos and an afghan interpreter .
Local officials in wardak said that residents of the tangi valley disliked the fighting in the area , and that though they had fallen under the taliban 's sway , the residents were not willing allies .
瓦尔达克省官员表示，登吉谷居民厌恶当地的战乱，他们只是受到了塔利班的蛊惑，并非真心与其合作。
The helicopter , on a night-raid mission in the tangi valley of wardak province , to the west of kabul , was most likely brought down by a rocket-propelled grenade , one coalition official said .
