Kabul/Islamabd: An International Security Assistance Force helicopter shot down in Pul-e-Khumri district, Baghlan province today.
“All onboard killed, area sealed off by enemy(NATO and ISAF forces),” Taliban claimed on Twitter.
ISAF officially denied the loss of force members and said in the statement that “ISAF rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle crashed in northern Afghanistan today”.
URGENT| ISAF helicopter shot down in Pul-e-Khumri district,Baghlan province today at 05:00 pm. All onboard killed. Area sealed off by enemy.
— Abdulqahar Balkhi (@ABalkhi) April 6, 2012
The cause of the crash is currently being assessed, however initial reporting indicates there was no enemy activity in the area. The site has been secured and no injuries have been reported as a result of the incident.
In another release for media ISAF accepted the killing of a security personnel while saying “An International Security Assistance Force service member died following an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan today.”
Taliban also claimed that “heavy fighting took place this morning in Bawrhiyo area between Mujahideen (Taliban) and hireling troops known as ‘Campaign’, according to officials reporting from Marjah district of Helmand province.”
“The fighting broke out at 10:00 am and lasted till afternoon time when Mujahideen ambushed the enemy patrol when they tried to enter the area for an operation during which 18 security personnel were killed, 15 wounded and 3 enemy Ford Ranger 4WD vehicles and a tractor were destroyed with IEDs, the wreckages of which are still lying in the area” said on the official website representing Taliban’s shadow government in the country.
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