NBC News, msnbc.com Launch Tip of the Spear

NBC News and msnbc.com want to bring viewers to the Tip of the Spear in Afghanistan’s deadly Korengal Valley.

Tip of the Spear offers the Emmy Award-winning special reports by NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and his team, who followed the soldiers of Viper Company through the most dangerous region of Afghanistan, witnessing the death of a soldier felled by friendly fire and giving viewers a detailed look at life inside a war zone.

The new site offers all Tip of the Spear reports, as well as exclusive Web-only video and analysis by Engel. It also links to NBC News’ blog from Kabul and the latest headlines from South and Central Asia.

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