34 militants killed, tons of drugs seized

2:00 a.m. May 22, 2009

KABUL – U.S. and Afghan forces seized 16.5 tons of drugs and killed 34 militants during a three-day operation against a key insurgent stronghold in southern Afghanistan, a U.S. military statement said yesterday.

The seizure was one of the biggest by foreign troops in Afghanistan since 2001 and an indication of a nexus between the insurgency and the drug trade that fuels it.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/ ... ?uniontrib