One killed, 12 injured in Afghan air force helicopter crash

15/5/2024 17:46

        A helicopter used by the Afghan air force crashed as it attempted an emergency landing in central Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring 12, the defence ministry said.
        
        The Mi17 aircraft encountered "technical issues" as it attempted to recover the bodies of people who had fallen into a river in the central Ghor province, Afghanistan's Taliban-run Ministry of National Defence said in a statement.
        
        The helicopter crashed as it attempted an emergency landing, the ministry added.
        
        The Taliban, an Islamist movement, took over Afghanistan after the withdrawal of U.S.-led foreign forces in 2021 and inherited a number of aircraft from the forces of the Republican regime it toppled.