Afghan MP says Taliban used stingers for hitting US chopper

Member of Afghan Parliament’s Lower House Wolesi Jirga, Huma Sultani, who had claimed that Taliban Supreme Commander Mulla Omer was in Afghanistan and ready for peace talks, told a news agency via telephone that the Taliban also possess anti-aircraft gun. She also claimed that the ill-fated chopper was on a mission hunting Mullah Omar.Sultani, who was said to be in close contacts with Taliban top leadership for peace talks, said the US Navy seals, who had killed Osama bin Laden this year, were looking for Mulla Omer around 150 km of Kabul. The parliamentarian said, “When she got the report she announced inside the Afghan Parliament that Mulla Omer was in my home.”She said that it could affect peace with Taliban, whose top commander is being targeted when they are ready for talks for peace in Afghanistan.She questioned destruction of Chinook by an RPG 7 or ordinary gun as it was a bullet proof helicopter. “US wants to conceal that Taliban have weapons like stinger missiles and anti-aircraft gun and their defence is stronger than the world knows,” she said.When contacted for official version US Army’s Lt Col Jimmie E. Cummings JR, a spokesman of ISAF in Afghanistan, said that the initial reports from the ground force reported an RPG being shot at the helicopter. “Though the incident is still under investigation, we have not received any information or evidence regarding any kind of new weapon.”