Joint US-Afghan Air Strikes Target Taliban’s Opium Factories

U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft as seen in a file photo. 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.