NANGALAM, Afghanistan — Nearly two dozen former insurgents recently came down from throughout the surrounding mountains of this war-torn region of Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan to lay down their arms and reconcile with the democratically elected Afghan government. The fighters were a mixture of the Anti-Coalition Militia and included former Taliban with probable ties to al Qaeda, noted 1st Lt. James Campbell, Camp Blessing officer-incharge, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. “This deal was brokered by Mohammed Rhakman, a district chief for Kunar Province, and was done in conjunction with the support of tribal elders and a joint Marine Corps,...