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ISAF copter crashes in E Afghanistan
PressTV - ISAF copter crashes in E Afghanistan
Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:14AM GMT
A NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar.
The NATO helicopter crashed in the Manogai district of eastern Kunar Province in the early hours of Monday, a Press TV correspondent reports.
The ISAF has confirmed the helicopter crash in a statement.
Rescue forces came under “enemy fire” as they were trying to reach the crash site, the ISAF statement said.
"Coalition forces returned fire, with small arms, while working to secure the site of the crash. All passengers and crew members have been secured and safely transported to a nearby base," the statement read.
Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for the Monday attack, claiming all people on board were killed in the crash.
AO/HJL/HRF
PressTV - ISAF copter crashes in E Afghanistan
Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:14AM GMT
A NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar.
The NATO helicopter crashed in the Manogai district of eastern Kunar Province in the early hours of Monday, a Press TV correspondent reports.
The ISAF has confirmed the helicopter crash in a statement.
Rescue forces came under “enemy fire” as they were trying to reach the crash site, the ISAF statement said.
"Coalition forces returned fire, with small arms, while working to secure the site of the crash. All passengers and crew members have been secured and safely transported to a nearby base," the statement read.
Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for the Monday attack, claiming all people on board were killed in the crash.
AO/HJL/HRF
Photo: EPA
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