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Thu, Jul 16, 2009

Civilian Helicopter Reported Shot Down In Afghanistan

Aircraft Was Carrying Humanitarian Aid

An Mi-26 helicopter owned by the Moldovan air charter company Pecotox-Airi was shot down in the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand, an area known for its opium poppy cultivation and heavy fighting with the Taliban. 6 Ukranian crew members were reportedly killed in the incident. A 6-year-old child on the ground was also killed, according to Daud Ahmadi, the spokesman for the Helmand governor.

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The Associated Press reports that the Modavian government says the helicopter was carrying humanitarian aid when it was shot down, however a Taliban website posted that it had fired on and brough down a helicopter carrying 37 British soldiers, a claim denied by both British and Modavian officials.

The aircraft was shot down about a mile from a British military base.

Thousands of Marines are conducting intense operations in the Sangin district of the province, their biggest offensive since the Taliban were removed from power in 2001.

FMI: www.dod.mil

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