U.S. Aircraft crash in Afghanistan Taliban claims shot down U.S. denies Jan 28 7:19 AM

A U.S. military aircraft crashed in southeast Afghanistan. Insurgents Taliban allegedly shot down the aircraft, while the U.S. Army denied that there was no indication that it had been shot down.

A U.S. military spokesman stationed in Afghanistan issued a statement in a statement in the southeastern part of Afghanistan, Gazni Province, on Friday that a U.S. military aircraft "E11A" had crashed.

The E11A, based on a Bombardier jet, is used by the U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan to relay communications between troops in mountainous areas where radio waves are difficult to reach. It is reported that a person seems to have boarded.

A Taliban spokesman told NHK that "our combatants have strategically shot down and shot down U.S. military aircraft," claiming to have shot down the E11A.

In response, the U.S. military has said it is investigating the cause of the crash, but has denied Taliban's claim that it had found no indication that it had been shot down by enemy attacks.

Taliban `` all U.S. military crew members dead ''

Afghanistan rebels Taliban issued a statement on the crash of the U.S. military aircraft, saying in a statement that "A U.S. military aircraft occupying Afghanistan has crashed in Ghazni. Crew have died. "

A Taliban spokeswoman told NHK that "our combatants have strategically shot down U.S. military aircraft" and claimed that they had launched an attack on U.S. forces stationed in Afghanistan. .

The United States and the Taliban are negotiating intermittently over Afghanistan's peace, and there is concern that it will have an impact on future peace talks.