Breitbart: U.S.-NATO troops have demolished “30 Taliban narcotics processing labs” in less than three months, dealing the narco-jihadists a “more than $20 million” blow to their drug operations, primarily made up of trafficking opium and heroin, a spokesman for the international coalition in Afghanistan told Breitbart News.
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Kone Faulkner, a spokesman for the U.S.-NATO mission officially known as Resolute Support (RS), told Breitbart News via email:
Since the first strikes, less than three months ago, we have been targeting the enemy’s [Taliban] financial streams. Our combined operations have destroyed 30 Taliban narcotics processing labs, denying this narcotic-insurgency more than $20 million and drug trafficking organizations more than $80 million of drug money.
Remember that this is only the beginning of our counter-threat revenue campaign in the war. Additionally, the Afghan National Interdiction Unit conducted two simultaneous raids of Taliban narcotics bazaars, as a part of this integrated campaign.
Marking a significant departure from the previous administration, U.S. President Donald Trump authorized the American military to target the Taliban’s economic engine—opium and heroin—with airstrikes as part of his Afghanistan war strategy unveiled in August 2017. read more
Aaaaaannnndd dat’s a LOT in Turdistan bux! Maybe even a metric phucton!
Now how hard was that? Obo being erased from history.
There goes the price of smack. Good thing for him that Obama invested in heroin futures.
as long as their is demand, supply is just a matter of price…….they fight the wrong end of this battle, they never learn
Obozo wouldn’t do this as it would destroy the afghan economy. I can’t think of any good uses for heroin, destroy it all.
$20 million is a lot. Until you realize that the heroin industry there is worth about a BILLION DOLLARS. Then you realize this was just a minor annoyance to them. NOT a major blow.
Pretty easy to spot and burn, raze it ALL.