US drone shot down in Afghanistan

US drone shot down in Afghanistan
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Summary Taliban have claimed that they have shot down an unmanned US reconnaissance drone in Jalalabad.

Taliban spokesman Zabihollah Mojahed claimed that the militants gunned down the aircraft late on Saturday in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.Witnesses said that they saw the drone catching fire in mid-air and crashing into a civilian house. Earlier this week, another US drone crashed due to technical problems in eastern Ghazni Province, NATO said in a statement.The Taliban militants say they have shot down several aircraft and NATO choppers in different parts of Afghanistan over the past few months.

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