Nato has lost contact with one of its helicopters traveling from Kandahar to Tirin Kot base in the Uruzgan province of Afghanistan. Taliban fighters reported that they had downed the aircraft, a Russian MI25, using a rocket.
The MI25 helicopter, the largest Russian cargo helicopter in existence, was manned by a Russian crew and used to supply Dutch military bases in Afghanistan.
The helicopter left Kandahar on Saturday carrying supplies.
Bureau Report
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Publication time: 11 December 2006, 21:39
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