Operation Headstrong

Operation Headstrong
	Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Date	2004 (with continued assistance thereafter)
Location	Afghanistan
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]

^ Burnett, Victoria and Mark Huband. "UK trains Afghans in anti-drugs drive". Retrieved 23 April 2014.
^ Hayes, Geoffrey; Sedra, Mark (4 August 2009). Afghanistan: Transition under Threat. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-1554586981. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
^ Owen, Johnathan (11 April 2010). "Afghan farmers reap cannabis harvest worth £61m". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
^ "Hansard: Written Answer to Question - Afghanistan, drugs". Hansard. Hansard. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

[1] Burnett, Victoria and Mark Huband. "UK trains Afghans in anti-drugs drive". Retrieved 23 April 2014.

[2] Hayes, Geoffrey; Sedra, Mark (4 August 2009). Afghanistan: Transition under Threat. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-1554586981. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

[3] Owen, Johnathan (11 April 2010). "Afghan farmers reap cannabis harvest worth £61m". The Independent. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

[4] "Hansard: Written Answer to Question - Afghanistan, drugs". Hansard. Hansard. 18 February 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

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