Military: 40 tons of Afghan drugs destroyed

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Military: 40 tons of Afghan drugs destroyed
By Fisnik Abrashi - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Nov 3, 2008 7:57:42 EST

KABUL, Afghanistan — Coalition and Afghan troops hunting for Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan discovered a drug lab and destroyed more than 40 tons of hashish Monday, officials said.

The joint force discovered the drug facility in Kandahar province’s Spin Boldak district, which borders Pakistan, the U.S. military said in a statement.

“Today’s discovery clearly demonstrated the links between the Taliban and drug trafficking,” said Col. Greg Julian, the spokesman for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

“The huge amount of drugs destroyed today will greatly hinder the Taliban’s ability to fund their ongoing, hopeless struggle to subjugate the Afghan people,” Julian said in a statement.

Gen. Abdul Raziq, the border police commander for southern Afghanistan, said the drugs were found in the basement of a compound in Nawa Kili village. He said American military helicopters were used during the raid.


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