KABUL -Afghan Taliban shot down US Military plane, claims killing highranking CIA and Army Officers onboard.
The Taliban said on Monday it had shot down a US military plane in Ghazni,eastern Afghanistan.
A statement from the Taliban said that all passengers, which they sayincluded high ranking CIA officers, were killed, according to Reuters’Afghanistan correspondentlink Ab QadirSediqi. link
The US military told The Associated Press (AP)linkitwas investigating.
Local media are reporting that there are six victims of the crash.
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Tariq Ghazniwal, a local journalist, told the AP he saw two bodies layingbesides the aircraft upon arrival at the scene.
The plane wreck was first thought to be that of an Ariana Afghan Airlinescommercial aircraft.
At first, Arif Noori, a spokesman for Ghazni city’s provincial governor, toldReuterslinkaBoeing plane belonging to the Ariana Afghan Airline crashed in the Deh Yakdistrict of Ghazni province around 1:10 p.m. local time.
