Operation Headstrong | |||||
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Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
United Kingdom Afghanistan | Taliban | ||||
Strength | |||||
150 |
Operation Headstrong involved the training of Afghan commandos in a grouping called the Afghan Special Narcotics Force (ASNF) by British special forces, including the Special Air Service, to seek out and destroy drug laboratories and to confiscate drug shipments.[1][2] Britain later provided four helicopters for the ASNF's use.[3] British assistance to the ASNF amounted to £6.23 million in 2005–6, £9.4 million in 2006–7, and £32.5 million in 2007–8.[4]