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Sunday, April 27, 2014

Afghan militant group shoots down US spy aircraft

RQ-4 Global HawkAn insurgent militant group Hizb-e-Isami Afghanistan said on Saturday that its fighters had shot down an American spy aircraft in Kunar province.

The militant group’s spokesperson, Haroon Zarghoon told sources by phone.The drone aircraft was flying over Kunar’s Shegal district when hit by the Hizb’s fighters,

He said the US drones are routinely fly over the border regions and also carry out strikes on the positions of the armed resistance groups. There was no comment from the ISAF forces in Afghanistan.

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