Story by Capt. Russell Varnado | 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division | 08.08.2014
Leaders from 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div. met with leaders of the Afghan National Security Forces in Kandahar city to discuss security and economic development of Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 2....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Betty Squatrito-Martin | National Guard Bureau | 09.04.2013
Afghanistan is the world’s leading opium producer having produced 74 percent of the world’s opium in 2012 according to the World Drug Report 2013. From cultivation to refined heroin, Afghanistan plays a role in poppy production. According to the 2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report once cultivated and processed, 95 percent of Afghanistan’s poppy product is illegally......
Courtesy Story | Regional Command Southwest | 09.02.2012
In Reg-e Khan Neshin District of Helmand province, Sept. 2, ISAF forces discovered a cache find comprising 540 kg of wet and dry opium. Four individuals were detained and the narcotics were destroyed at the site of the find....
Courtesy Story | Regional Command Southwest | 06.05.2012
Afghan and coalition forces discovered a narcotics cache near Marjah, Helmand province, June 5. The cache consisted of more than 990 pounds of opium and was destroyed on location....
Courtesy Story | ISAF Joint Command | 05.05.2012
During an Afghan and coalition security operation in Sayyidabad district, Wardak province, yesterday, a Taliban commander was observed providing weapons and ammunition to insurgents....
Courtesy Story | ISAF Joint Command | 05.04.2012
An Afghan led security force supported by coalition troops detained a Taliban leader during an operation in Imam Sahib district, Kunduz province, today....
Courtesy Story | ISAF Joint Command | 04.27.2012
A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Haqqani leader during an operation in Nadir Shah Kot district, Khost province, today....
Story by Gunnery Sgt. Tiffany Carter | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar | 03.01.2012
Opium poppy grows abundant in the fields of Afghanistan and the harvesting of this plant in the spring helps fund terrorist organizations all year. However, this year, with the help of ‘eyes in the sky’, U.S. troops on the ground along with their Afghan counterparts were able to put a hole in the insurgents’ pockets....
