KABUL, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces have shut down two clandestine heroin processing laboratories and seized a large amount of illicit drugs in western Farah and Helmand provinces, the Ministry of Interior Affairs announced on Wednesday.
Counter-narcotics units carried out targeted operations on the outskirts of the two provinces, destroying the facilities and recovering substantial quantities of substances used in heroin production, the ministry said in a statement.
As part of an intensified nationwide campaign against narcotics, Afghan forces conducted 10,599 operations throughout 2025, confiscating 2,356 tons of illicit drugs and dismantling 517 clandestine drug processing labs, according to official figures. ■