Kabul, March 28 (IANS): Afghan troops waged an anti-drug operation and destroyed a large amount of narcotics along with a heroin factory in Helmand province, Afghan Special Forces said on Tuesday.

“Afghan forces and counter-narcotics police carried out a special operation in Naw Zad district, destroying over 20,000 litres of liquid opium, 1,090 kg of morphine and more than 15,170 kg of ammonium chloride,” Xinhua news agency cited a statement as saying.

Six drug traffickers and terrorists were also killed during the raid which took place on March 19, according to the statement.

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