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US Forces Raid Destroys $80m Of Taliban's Drug Money In Helmand

The United States military officials have confirmed that a US-led coalition in Afghanistan has destroyed at least $80 million USD in narcotics money as part of a campaign to target Taliban's revenue stream. 

According to a report by UPI, Air Force Brig. Gen. Lance Bunch, head of the Resolute Support's future operations division, said the campaign has eliminated 25 illegal drug-processing laboratories in southern Helmand province, denying $16 million of the $80 million in destroyed funds that was set to be "direct revenue" to the drug lords' Taliban partners, the reported said. 

US President Donald Trump's new strategy for Afghanistan gave the US-led coalition new permissions to target the Taliban's command-and-control nodes, illicit revenue-generating ventures, and logistical networks. 

"This new air interdiction campaign directly strengthens the Afghan defense forces and their continued battlefield successes," he said.

Bunch added that Taliban receives at least $300 million to $400 million a year with almost $200 million of it coming from the production of heroin.

He said more than 5.5 tons of opium and over two tons of heroin were seized from going to markets during the two raids. 

He said they will continue to disrupt Taliban's revenue sources "again and again and again".

"They have been completely unable to achieve any objectives from their declared Operation Mansouri during this fighting season," Bunch said. "In addition to their unrealistic goals, they have been unable to take a provincial capital or even a single city.  

US Forces Raid Destroys $80m Of Taliban's Drug Money In Helmand

A Resolute Support official says the new air interdiction campaign directly strengthens the Afghan defense forces and their continued battlefield successes. 

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The United States military officials have confirmed that a US-led coalition in Afghanistan has destroyed at least $80 million USD in narcotics money as part of a campaign to target Taliban's revenue stream. 

According to a report by UPI, Air Force Brig. Gen. Lance Bunch, head of the Resolute Support's future operations division, said the campaign has eliminated 25 illegal drug-processing laboratories in southern Helmand province, denying $16 million of the $80 million in destroyed funds that was set to be "direct revenue" to the drug lords' Taliban partners, the reported said. 

US President Donald Trump's new strategy for Afghanistan gave the US-led coalition new permissions to target the Taliban's command-and-control nodes, illicit revenue-generating ventures, and logistical networks. 

"This new air interdiction campaign directly strengthens the Afghan defense forces and their continued battlefield successes," he said.

Bunch added that Taliban receives at least $300 million to $400 million a year with almost $200 million of it coming from the production of heroin.

He said more than 5.5 tons of opium and over two tons of heroin were seized from going to markets during the two raids. 

He said they will continue to disrupt Taliban's revenue sources "again and again and again".

"They have been completely unable to achieve any objectives from their declared Operation Mansouri during this fighting season," Bunch said. "In addition to their unrealistic goals, they have been unable to take a provincial capital or even a single city.  

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