US-led chopper crashes in Afghanistan
Sun Jan 15, 2012 7:18AM
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The wreckage of a NATO helicopter in southern Afghanistan (file photo)
A helicopter operated by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has crashed in Logar province in eastern Afghanistan, Press TV reports.
The incident took place in the Baraki district of eastern Logar province on Saturday.
There is still no official word on possible casualties or the cause of the crash. The Taliban have not commented on the incident, either.
The Taliban say they have shot down several aircraft and NATO choppers in different parts of Afghanistan over the past few months.
Last year, Taliban militants downed a US helicopter in Afghanistan's eastern province of Wardak. Thirty one members of the US special forces were killed in the incident which was the biggest single loss of life for American forces since the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan.
Insecurity continues to climb across Afghanistan despite the presence of 130,000 US-led forces in the war-ravaged country.
The US-led war in Afghanistan has become the longest war in US history.
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