ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s presidential palace announced on Saturday that a committee would investigate the circumstances surrounding the emergency landing of a Pakistani helicopter. Pakistani officials say the MI-17 helicopter was being flown to Russia for repairs via Uzbekistan. En route the chopper made a crash landing in Afghanistan’s Logar province on Thursday. The Taliban sources have also confirmed that they have captured all six crew members, including a Russian technician. President Ashraf Ghani presided over a…
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ISLAMABAD: Afghan authorities transported the chopper, which had crashlanded in Logar, to Kabul on Friday as efforts for the recovery of the crew continued. Sources said that the chopper was expected to be handed over to Pakistan through the Torkham border crossing sometime today (Sunday), reported Geo News. The Punjab government’s helicopter, en route to Russia for a routine overhaul, crash-landed in the restive Logar province in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday. “Formal and informal channels…
ISLAMABAD: The military’s spokesperson on Saturday rebuffed the claims that Army Chief General Raheel Sharif’s son-in-law is among the seven crew members taken hostage by Taliban militants after a Punjab government’s Mi-17 crash-landed in Afghanistan’s Logar province. A section of local and regional press has been carrying news items, reportedly saying that a son-in-law of Gen Raheel is among the helicopter crew members taken hostage by Taliban. Terming such news as baseless and rumours, the…