KABUL, Afghanistan – A combined Afghan and coalition patrol targeted a drug lab during an operation in Baghran District, Helmand province, yesterday.
The operation seized 2,205 pounds (1,000 kilograms) of calcium oxide, three opium presses, two drying vats and a quantity of narcotics producing equipment.
Two insurgents were killed by an air weapons team during the operation when they posed a threat to the combined force.
The drugs and paraphernalia were destroyed on site.
In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:
North
During a security operation in Chahar Bolak District, Balkh province, an Afghan-led security force killed two insurgents, including a Taliban leader, yesterday. The leader was responsible for several roadside bomb and small arms attacks against Afghan forces in the area. He also facilitated roadside bomb attacks in the Chimtal and Chahar Bolak Ddistricts.
The leader and another suspected insurgent were killed after they fired weapons at the security force. After the engagement, the security force confiscated several grenades, AK-47 rifles, roadside bomb components and chest racks.
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East
In Surkh Rod District, Nangarhar province, an Afghan-led security force detained several suspected insurgents during a security operation targeting a Taliban leader, yesterday.
The leader directs roadside bomb and direct fire attacks against the Afghan forces and also distributes weapons to insurgents throughout Khugyani District.