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Afghanistan
4 militants killed, 50 thousand kgs of opium and 4,400 rounds of ammunition confiscated in Farah
2019-06-21
[KhaamaPress] The security forces killed four Talibs including one of their key commanders during the operations in Farah province.

The Police Headquarters of Farah in a statement said the Afghan Special Forces killed a key Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
commander and his fighter during an operation in Khak-e-Safid district.

The statement further added that the Special Forces also maimed another Taliban Death Eater during the same operation.

The Special Forces also confiscated 50,000 kilograms of opium, 4400 rounds of amunition, 5 weapons, 7 motorycles and 4 vehicles during the operation.

The Police Headquarters of Farah also added that Special Forces destroyed the confiscated opium and munitions together with two compounds of Taliban and drug lab of the group.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch shot Black Bart's other gun out of his other hand......
the Police Headquarters of Farah said a coalition Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
killed two Death Eaters of Taliban commander Mawlavi Esmat in Qala-e-Nasrullah area of Bala Bolok district.

The airstrike also destroyed a vehicle packed with explosives and weapon, the statement added.

The anti-government armed elements have not commented regarding the operations so far.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Calculation wrong. I kilogram = 2.2 pounds.
Posted by: Chereting Pelosi1889   2019-06-21 10:26  

#1  Rule of thumb: 13 kgs. of opium are harvested from one hectare of poppy.
Processed morphine hydrochloride is usually pressed into small brick-sized blocks in a press and wrapped in paper or cloth. The most common block size weighs about 1.3 kilograms (1 1/4 lbs). They are then transported to heroin labs.

Posted by: Chereting Pelosi1889   2019-06-21 10:25  

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