name: Several killed in Helmand
text: ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update June 9, 2011
  2011-06-S-033 
  For Immediate Release 
  
  KABUL, Afghanistan (June 9, 2011)   A combined Afghan and coalition force killed several insurgents and seized several weapons and narcotics during an operation in Baghran district, Helmand province yesterday. The insurgents were killed when they engaged the patrol. 
  
  The combined patrol seized 187 pounds (85 kilograms) of opium, two AK-47 rifles, one machine gun, one rifle, one grenade and a quantity of small-arms ammunition. 
  
  The weapons and narcotics were safely destroyed on site.