The military wing of Green Trend, known as the “Green Unit,” has claimed that it shot down a Taliban-run helicopter in Panjshir province.<\/p>\n
In a statement posted on the social media platform X, the group said the incident took place at around 7:15 a.m. yesterday, Wednesday, 15 Mizan, and that the wreckage of the helicopter remained in “Arzou Valley.”<\/p>\n
According to the “Green Unit,” the two pilots of the helicopter, named Abdulazim and Mohammad Naeem, were seriously injured and taken to Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan 400-bed Hospital in Kabul for treatment.<\/p>\n
Green Trend also claimed that the helicopter was carrying “Mullah Naqibullah Moqeem,” the chief of staff of the Taliban administration’s air force, and that the downed helicopter was an Indian-made aircraft that had been donated to the army of the former republic.<\/p>\n
The Taliban administration has not commented on the claim as of the publication of this report.<\/p>\n
Previously, in June 2022, the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan had made a similar claim about the crash of a Taliban helicopter in Panjshir, a claim the Taliban rejected at the time, saying the helicopter had made an emergency landing in a valley because of technical problems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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