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202921
Tue, 08/23/2011 - 10:27
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US Drone Crashes in Afghanistan
TEHRAN (FNA)- A US Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crashed in Afghanistan's Northern province of Balkh, a local official announced on Tuesday.
The US drone went down in the suburbs of the Afghan city of Balkh, located 324 kilometers (201 miles) North of the capital Kabul, on Monday, the official said.
However, local residents claimed that two US reconnaissance aircraft have crashed in the area, and Taliban militants have retrieved the wreckage of the drones.
The US military has not commented on the cause of the crash, which marks the third US unmanned plane going down in Afghanistan this week.
Taliban militants claimed on Sunday that they had shot down an unmanned US reconnaissance drone in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.
On Saturday, an American drone crashed due to "technical faults" during a reconnaissance mission in Ghazni province in central Afghanistan, according to a statement released by the media office of the US-led NATO forces.
The Taliban militants claim they have shot down several aircraft and NATO choppers in different parts of Afghanistan over the past few months.
The militants have proven resilient despite the presence of around 150,000 US-led forces in Afghanistan.
They have steadily stepped up their attacks on the US-led forces, inflicting heavy casualties and damage on them.
The US drone went down in the suburbs of the Afghan city of Balkh, located 324 kilometers (201 miles) North of the capital Kabul, on Monday, the official said.
However, local residents claimed that two US reconnaissance aircraft have crashed in the area, and Taliban militants have retrieved the wreckage of the drones.
The US military has not commented on the cause of the crash, which marks the third US unmanned plane going down in Afghanistan this week.
Taliban militants claimed on Sunday that they had shot down an unmanned US reconnaissance drone in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.
On Saturday, an American drone crashed due to "technical faults" during a reconnaissance mission in Ghazni province in central Afghanistan, according to a statement released by the media office of the US-led NATO forces.
The Taliban militants claim they have shot down several aircraft and NATO choppers in different parts of Afghanistan over the past few months.
The militants have proven resilient despite the presence of around 150,000 US-led forces in Afghanistan.
They have steadily stepped up their attacks on the US-led forces, inflicting heavy casualties and damage on them.
