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A member of Afghan National Interdiction Unit Team 10 gathers evidence during a raid on a suspected opium production facility here, March 7, 2012. The raid was part of Operation Psarlay Taba, a partnered counternarcotics operation conducted by the NIU and Marines with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, to disrupt narcotics trafficking around Helmand province's Marjah district. The partnered force captured around 26,000 pounds of assorted opium products over the course of the four-month operation.

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nato 2nd battalion 2 9 1st brigade oef task force narcotics 2nd bn 9th marine regiment 215th corps helmand province afghan national army isaf ana operation enduring freedom regimental combat team 5 rct 5 counternarcotics national interdiction unit 9th marines niu southern helmand operation psarlay taba spring fever lance cpl david perez bari desert afghanistan blocks of marjah secure marine battalion shifts focus to counternarcotics dvids ultra high resolution high resolution us marine corps war in afghanistan 2001 2021