US B-52 Bombers Drop Record Munitions Load on Taliban Drug Labs

US B-52 Bombers Drop Record Munitions Load on Taliban Drug Labs
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress heavy bomber drops bombs in this undated file photo. U.S. Air Force/Getty Images
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Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers have delivered a record-setting load of ordnance on Taliban opium factories in Afghanistan, an Air Force general announced on Dec. 12.

Air Force Brig. Gen. Lance Bunch held a video teleconference from Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 12 in which he discussed the success the United States has had with its new Afghanistan strategy, which includes attacking the Taliban’s drug labs.