US, Afghan Forces Expand Air Strikes on Taliban Drug Labs
An Afghan National Army soldier takes a snapshot of a comrade in front of a poppy field during a foot patrol with US Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines in a stronghold Taliban area in Marjah, Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, on April 5, 2010. Mauricio Lima/AFP/Getty Images
KABUL–American and Afghan forces have expanded their air strikes against drug labs into western Afghanistan, aiming to choke Taliban revenue.
Air strikes in Afghanistan – the world’s main heroin source – also threaten civilians, however, and may not be an effective blow to the Taliban terrorist group, an expert on the country’s drug industry said.
