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塔利班打下黑鷹，死了七個美國兵
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7 American Troops Die in Afghan Helicopter Crash
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Seven American troops and four Afghans died in a
Black Hawk helicopter crash on Thursday in southern Afghanistan, the NATO
military coalition said. The Taliban claimed their fighters shot down the
aircraft.
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The crash marked another deadly day for the U.S. in Afghanistan, less than a
week after six American service members were gunned down, apparently by two
members of the Afghan security forces they were training to take over the
fight against the insurgency as international combat troops prepare to exit
the country by the end of 2014.
The spike in American deaths and attacks by Afghan allies have stirred fresh
doubts about the prospects for the U.S. plan to leave a capable Afghan
government in place when most troops depart after more than a decade of war.
Spokesman Brig. Gen Gunter Katz said the NATO coalition is investigating the
cause of Thursday's crash in Kandahar province. The coalition had no
immediate comment on the insurgents' claim that they shot down the
helicopter.
Kandahar is a traditional Taliban stronghold and the spiritual birthplace of
the hardline Islamist movement that ruled Afghanistan before being ousted
in 2001 by the U.S.-led alliance for sheltering al-Qaida's terrorist leaders.
Among the dead were seven American service members, three members of Afghan
security forces and one Afghan civilian interpreter, said Jamie Graybeal, a
spokesman for the coalition. He said there were no survivors of the crash.
He declined to give any details on the mission of the helicopter, a UH-60
Black Hawk.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi said insurgent fighters shot down the
helicopter in Kandahar province on Thursday morning.
"Nobody survived this," Ahmadi told The Associated Press by phone.
The helicopter was shot down in Kandahar's Shah Wali Kot district, which
lies in the northern part of the province, said Ahmad Jawed Faisal, a
spokesman for the provincial government said. He declined to give further
details.
The area where the helicopter went down — a stretch of Kandahar along the
border with Uruzgan province — is seen as a Taliban stronghold and key
transit route. The insurgents regularly attack police checkpoints around the
rural villages of the district and plant bombs in the road to catch passing
government vehicles.
The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a medium-lift helicopter that has served as
the U.S. Army's workhorse since the 1980s.
The U.S.-led NATO force in Afghanistan has relied heavily on utility
helicopters such as the Black Hawk to ferry troops, dignitaries and supplies
around the mountainous terrain, thus avoiding the threat of ambushes and
roadside bombs.
Thursday's crash is the deadliest since a Turkish helicopter crashed into a
house near the Afghan capital, Kabul, on March 16, killing 12 Turkish
soldiers on board and four Afghan civilians on the ground, officials said.
In August last year, insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter, killing 30
American troops, mostly elite Navy SEALs, in Afghanistan's central Wardak
province.
At least 221 American service members have been killed in Afghanistan so far
this year.
您的位 | z*********e
发帖数: 10149 | 2 反美反的没脑子了，连塔利班都捧
也得想想新疆的暴乱是谁给训练的 | S*****s
发帖数: 7520 | 3 反美方面，塔利班做得好
反恐方面，要打击分化疆独，这是两码事
【在 z*********e 的大作中提到】
: 反美反的没脑子了，连塔利班都捧
: 也得想想新疆的暴乱是谁给训练的
| l******j
发帖数: 1728 | 4 没觉得破熊在捧塔利班，转贴新闻报道而已。这种新闻，美国国内也很关注的。
【在 z*********e 的大作中提到】
: 反美反的没脑子了，连塔利班都捧
: 也得想想新疆的暴乱是谁给训练的
| Q*****n
发帖数: 4546 | | R**********t
发帖数: 1795 | 6 是得想想，是谁把塔利班里的疆独从关塔那摩放出来的？
【在 z*********e 的大作中提到】
: 反美反的没脑子了，连塔利班都捧
: 也得想想新疆的暴乱是谁给训练的
| k****y
发帖数: 4083 | | f**n
发帖数: 221 | 8 hehe
【在 l******j 的大作中提到】
: 没觉得破熊在捧塔利班，转贴新闻报道而已。这种新闻，美国国内也很关注的。
| L**W
发帖数: 2277 | 9 不会巴。不是要把谁炸回到原始社会？连几个他力班同学都搞不定? |
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