A US military machine crashed in Afghanistan. The Taliban claim to have shot the plane down. The US Air Force rejected this.
© Photo: Mustafa Andalib / Reuters
After a plane crashed in Afghanistan, the Taliban communicated that they had the machine
shot down. The extremists explained that it was a US spy plane. The plane
Intelligence information is collected in Ghazni province and is available in
District Deh Jak has been crashed. The whole crew is
died in the process, the wreck was still at the scene of the accident, Taliban spokesman wrote
Sabiullah Mujahid also on Twitter.
The U.S. Air Force confirmed that the plane that crashed was a U.S. military aviator. Chief of Staff General Dave Goldfein informed journalists of this, but did not disclose any further details about possible victims.
The U.S. Armed Forces spokesman in AfghanistanColonel Sonny Leggett said the cause of the crash of the Bombardier E-11A was investigated. However, there is no indication that the crash was caused by “enemy fire”. Leggett did not disclose the whereabouts of the crew.
US Defense Secretary
Mark Esper initially only had the words with the incident
commented that he knew about the situation, had about this
Time but nothing more to report. He neither confirmed that it was
was a U.S. military aircraft, but he did not deny it.
Taliban information cannot be verified
In the past
the Taliban repeatedly had crashes of military aircraft and helicopters from the US Army and the Afghan armed forces for themselves
claimed. The U.S. military and the Afghan
Ministry of Defense are extremely reluctant to confirm kills. If there is a crash, they usually speak of technical problems.
At first, media had about the crash
a passenger plane operated by the Afghan Ariana airline
Airlines reports. However, this indicated that it could not confirm a plane crash. All machines of the state aviation group are
functional and safe.
Authorities in the eastern province of Ghazni had spoken of a plane crash in the Deh Jak district. This region is controlled by the Taliban. According to the local authority, the accident was over
1:10 p.m. local time (9.40 a.m.CET). Later, images appeared on social networks that allegedly showed the crash site. Parts of a Bombardier E-11A are said to have been seen in the photos. The US military uses such machines for electronic surveillance over Afghanistan.
The US and the Taliban are currently holding talks about a political one
Resolving the conflict that lasted more than 18 years. A Taliban spokesman
had last expressed hope that there would be one by the end of January
Could give agreement. A success could be the withdrawal of troops
enable and pave the way for intra-Afghan peace talks.
US President Donald Trump had just one in September
Spread agreement broke off the talks after a U.S. soldier
had been killed in an attack in the capital Kabul. in the
They were resumed in December.
Trump is pursuing
has long been the goal of reducing the number of troops in the country. When he ended
November soldiers visited there, he affirmed the current one
Reduce troops from 12,000 to 13,000 to about 8,600
want.
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