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5:23am UK, Friday April 09, 2010
Nato Helicopter Downed In Afghanistan
Andy Jack, Sky News Online
Nato forces in Afghanistan say a helicopter has gone down in the southeastern province of Zabul.
A spokesman for the provincial government in Zabul confirmed the incident and a Taliban commander said his forces had shot it down.
Nato said it was investigating the incident.
Zabul government spokesman, Mohhamed Jahn Rasuliyar, said the helicopter had been shot down about 4 miles from the provincial capital of Qalat near the village of Now Haiz, but said he had no word on deaths or injuries.
Qari Yusuf Ahmedi, a spokesman for the Taliban insurgency active in the area, said militants had shot down the aircraft around midnight.