US conducts airstrikes on opium labs in Afghanistan
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The United States has conducted a series of airstrikes on opium-production labs in Afghanistan.
The strikes are part of a campaign targeting the Talibans two hundred million dollars drug trade per year.
The Commander of the US operations in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson said that B-52 bombers and F-22 warplanes took part in the strikes in northern Helmand province.