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| Pakistan Army Mi-17 (Image: Wiki Commons) |
KABUL, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman General Dawlat Waziri said Friday that the government has initiated a probe into the crash-landing of a Pakistani helicopter in the eastern Logar province.
A Pakistani helicopter crash-landed in Azra district of Logar province on Thursday and Saleem Saleh, the spokesman for Logar provincial government, said the accident occurred in Taliban-held area and Taliban militants took hostage six crew after setting fire on the chopper.
In a statement released by the Defense Ministry on Friday, Waziri confirmed that Afghan government had given permission to a Pakistani helicopter to use Afghanistan's air space, but it was not known so far if the MI-17 helicopter crash-landed in Logar was that plane.
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