Black Hawk down: helicopter crash kills 6 US soldiers in Afghanistan
- 9 years ago
Originally published on December 18, 2013
Six U.S. soldiers were killed and one was injured when the Black Hawk transport UH-60 helicopter they were in crashed in southern Zabul Province of Afghanistan on Tuesday afternoon (December 17), according to the Pentagon and NATO. The sole survivor of the crash was rescued by other American and Afghan forces in the area, according to the New York Times.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the felled aircraft, and NATO reported militants moving toward the site shortly after the crash. However, the Pentagon said the cause of the crash was likely engine failure. Taliban often claims responsibility for helicopter crashes that are more often caused by bad weather and technical problems.
Reuters reports, "Aircraft crashes are not uncommon in mountainous Afghanistan.
"The worst such incident was in August 2011 when the Taliban shot down a transport helicopter, killing all 38 people on board, including 25 U.S. special operations soldiers.
"The Pentagon said that about 67,000 NATO-led troops remain in Afghanistan, including about 43,000 from the United States. Foreign forces are looking to curtail their decade-long fight there.
"The United States continues to press Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a bilateral security deal that would allow Washington to keep some troops in Afghanistan beyond the end of next year."
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Six U.S. soldiers were killed and one was injured when the Black Hawk transport UH-60 helicopter they were in crashed in southern Zabul Province of Afghanistan on Tuesday afternoon (December 17), according to the Pentagon and NATO. The sole survivor of the crash was rescued by other American and Afghan forces in the area, according to the New York Times.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the felled aircraft, and NATO reported militants moving toward the site shortly after the crash. However, the Pentagon said the cause of the crash was likely engine failure. Taliban often claims responsibility for helicopter crashes that are more often caused by bad weather and technical problems.
Reuters reports, "Aircraft crashes are not uncommon in mountainous Afghanistan.
"The worst such incident was in August 2011 when the Taliban shot down a transport helicopter, killing all 38 people on board, including 25 U.S. special operations soldiers.
"The Pentagon said that about 67,000 NATO-led troops remain in Afghanistan, including about 43,000 from the United States. Foreign forces are looking to curtail their decade-long fight there.
"The United States continues to press Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a bilateral security deal that would allow Washington to keep some troops in Afghanistan beyond the end of next year."
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