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| Taliban claim shooting down C130 in Nangarhar province |
| 2015-10-03 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] Taliban claim bringing down a US four-engine aircraft in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province of Afghanistan. Mujahid, the group's front man wrote in a twitter post this morning that the four-engine aircraft was shot down by 'Mujahideen' last night. "Based on credible information 15 invading forces and several puppet troops were killed." another tweet from Mujahid stated. US officials previously said that a C-130 crashed in Jalalabad shortly after midnight on Friday morning killing 11 people on board. Earlier reports suggested that 12 people were killed. The victims reportedly included five contracted civilians as well as the U.S. service members. No specific cause for the crash has immediately come up but Col. Brian Tribus a US military front man said that there was no hostile activity in the area by the time the incident happened. The C-130 Hercules, a four-engine turboprop plane, has been a workhorse of US's operations in Afghanistan, carrying passengers or cargo. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Victims of C-130 crash in Afghanistan identified The cause of the crash is under investigation. A senior official at the Pentagon said Friday the aircraft hit a ground object as it was ascending, lost control and crashed into a guard tower at the end of the air field. Afghan civilians in the guard tower were killed in the ensuing fire, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. |
| Posted by: Betty Hitler2611 2015-10-03 21:49 |
| #2 My first thought at the news: Manpad. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-10-03 01:00 |
| #1 Two days and have heard nothing. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-10-03 00:06 |