Taliban says has downed helicopter in Paktika, Afghanistan

The Taliban has claimed that a helicopter has been downed in Paktika province, a tweet posted by the group spokesman shows.

Iran Press/Asia"Tonight after the incident in Ghazni, an enemy military helicopter was shot down near Sharan, the capital of the Paktika province, it was completely destroyed. All people on board died", the tweet said according to Sputnik reported.

The statement comes a few hours after the Taliban claimed that a US 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.

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