Saturday, May 23, 2009

U.S., Afghan forces kill 60 in drug raid: military



Aw ! Now the Taliban is not going to have as much money to import their Goats for those crazy weekend Parties !  Maybe they will settle for Sheep instead !


KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. and Afghan forces have killed 60 militants,
almost half in air strikes, and seized one of the country's largest
ever drug caches over a four-day operation in southern Helmand
province, the U.S. military said on Saturday.

The military had said earlier in the operation that 34 militants had been killed.

The troops were fighting for control of Loy Cherah Bazaar in
Helmand's Marjeh city, where they found 75 tonnes of poppy seeds, more
than 17 tonnes of morphine, opium and heroin, and caches of weapons and
equipment, the military said in a statement.

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