The Taliban claimed to target yet another U.S. military helicopter in Afghanistan’s Paktika province after downing a US military plane in Ghazni province yesterday.
After the incident in Ghazni, a U.S. military helicopter was shot down near Sharan, the capital of the Paktika province. It was completely destroyed. All people on board died”, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote in a tweet on Monday.
The statement comes a few hours after the Taliban said that a U.S plane on an “intelligence mission” had crashed in the Afghan province of Ghazni. Afghan authorities said the plane crashed at around 1:30 p.m. (09:00 GMT) in Ghazni’s Deh Yak district.
Footages of the crash scene show the burning wreckage of a plane and a logo that is used by the US Air Force, according to Mirror.
U.S. lead Afghan security forces and rescue teams were unable to access due to heavy retaliation by Taliban as the crasg site was under Taliban’s control.