Afghanistan, Dec. 18 -- The US military said four men were killed during a strike on a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific, as Washington intensifies counter-narcotics operations.
The U.S. military said four men were killed on Wednesday during a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean, in what Washington described as a counter-narcotics operation carried out in international waters.
U.S. Southern Command said intelligence confirmed the vessel was moving along a well-known drug-smuggling route and was transporting narcotics linked to what officials termed a "narco-terrorist" network.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on X that the operation was conducted by Joint Task Force Southern Spear and targeted a vessel...