KABUL’s claim of downing the Air Force E-11A.
The aircraft went down on Monday afternoon in the troubled district. Hours later, the Taliban claimed credit for downing the jet.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the group’s spokesman, tweeted: “An enemy aircraft crashed in the Sadokhel area of Deh Yak, resulting in the death of crew & high-ranking CIA personnel.”
Kabul-based US forces’ spokesman Co. Sonny Leggett said: “A US Bombardier E-11A crashed in Ghazni province, Afghanistan. The cause of the crash . . .
