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SIGAR: Drug lab bombing was a dead end, and most metrics for success or failure in Afghanistan are ‘classified or nonexistent'
The drug lab bombing campaign in Afghanistan that was championed as a game-changer didn’t have the intended effect of hitting the Taliban’s purse and was probably a waste of resources.
By Kyle Rempfer
Naked Bush sailor arrested after mad dash through Busch Gardens parking lot
Dozens of attendees at Busch Gardens Williamsburg were taken on a very different roller coaster ride Friday night thanks to an unruly Navy man.
By Jon Simkins
Is the Coast Guard’s icebreaker project doomed?
Capitol Hill wrangling might shift money for a new icebreaker to President Donald Trump's border wall.
By Carl Prine
US-led coalition destroys Islamic State narcotics cache — including 300,000 so-called ‘Jihadi pills’
The international coalition to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria destroyed a large drug cache on June 12 that was previously controlled by the militant group.
By Kyle Rempfer
US airstrikes against Taliban drug labs extend to western Afghanistan
In perhaps a sign of the campaign’s success, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan recently announced that its efforts to stem Taliban financing by bombing narcotics facilities would expand beyond southern Afghanistan.
By Kyle Rempfer