Joint US-Afghan Air Strikes Target Taliban’s Opium Factories
U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft from the 335th Fighter Squadron drop 2,000-pound joint direct attack munitions on a cave in eastern Afghanistan Nov. 26, 2009. F16ws, B52s, and a variety of other planes attacked drug labs in Afghanistan on Nov. 19. Staff Sgt. Michael B. Keller, U.S. Air Force
U.S. and Afghan Air Forces struck ten different poppy-processing facilities in Southern Afghanistan on Sunday, Nov. 19, according to the top U.S. general in the region.
The strikes are a result of a plan by President Donald Trump to cut off the Taliban’s drug revenue.
