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Commandos from the 3rd and 9th Special Operations Kandaks led a team of Afghan Special Security Forces on a nighttime raid, capturing Taliban weapons and nearly a half-million dollars in narcotics in Kajaki district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2018. The seized drugs included 124 kg of raw opium, 85 kg of heroin, 7 kg of black tar heroin, and 28 kg of morphine base valued at $471,480.
“The Taliban has turned into an organization that profits from the drug trade,” NATO Resolute Support Commander Gen. John Nicholson stated at the beginning of the Nov. 2017 air campaign.
The ASSF raid force also captured 50 gallons of explosive material, 25 automatic rifles, and more than 22,000 rounds of ammunition.
As the Taliban revert to barbaric tactics aimed at controlling Afghans by fear, such as the Jan. 20 attack at the Kabul Intercontinental Hotel and the Jan. 27 Kabul ambulance bombing; the Commandos continue to fight the insurgents, and win.
The 3rd and 9th SOK Commandos routinely defeated the Taliban in Helmand throughout Jan. Over the course of the month, the Commandos collaborated to destroy approximately 368 kg of homemade explosives, and seized more than 310 constructed IEDs with components from the insurgents.
“The Taliban and their senior leadership are seriously questioning their future in Helmand,” Gen. Nicholson recently said. “This is because Helmand is so important to their strength and revenue, that they‘re questioning their viability overall.”
| Date Taken: | 01.25.2018 |
| Date Posted: | 01.30.2018 11:01 |
| Story ID: | 263580 |
| Location: | AF |
| Web Views: | 254 |
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