The Ministry of Interior informed in a statement that on Friday, the Afghan Counter-Narcotics Special Operation Police, General Command of Police Special Units and Afghan Air Forces carried out a joint operation in Margi Tarmi village, Shirzad district of eastern Nangarhar province, destroying two heroin factories.
Among the drugs and materials, 1600kg of liquid opium, 561kg of ammonium chloride and some amount of chemical substance which has been used in making heroin, were also destroyed, the statement added.
960 AK-47 bullets were also seized by joint forces.
