NATO spy plane crashes in Kapisa

MEHMOOD RAQI (PAN claimed to have shot down the aircraft.

NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF told Pajhwok Afghan News that the drone was carrying no important equipment at the time of the crash.

The Tagab district chief, Abdul Hakim Akhunzada, confirmed the crash, saying the aircraft went down in the Zangali area late on Sunday. He said the Taliban seized the remains of the plane.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, said the drone was a spy plane and that the Taliban had taken its debris.

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