KABUL militants held those onboard hostage, officials said.
Salim Saleh, the governor’s spokesman, confirmed the copter belonged to Pakistan and the people onboard were Pakistanis who spoke Urdu language. The wreckage and signs on parts of the copter suggested it belonged to Islamabad, he added.
Earlier, Hamidullah Hamid, the town’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News a helicopter made a hard landing in Obakhti locality, 40km southeast of the district centre, and six people onboard had . . .
