A helicopter on contract by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has crashed in the Zabul province of southern Afghanistan killing all four crew-members hailing from Tajikistan, reports quoting officials said on Sunday.
While Provincial Deputy Governor Mohammad Jan Rasolyar attributed the crash to a technical malfunction, the Taliban in an online statement claimed that its fighters shot down the chopper.
The Russian-made EY-106 helicopter belonged to the global logistic company Supreme Group, which provides services for the ISAF in the war-torn country.
The company in a statement said the helicopter crashed on Saturday while ferrying food and water to ISAF troops. "Investigations as to the cause of the crash are ongoing, but no other parties appear to have been involved in the incident," the statement added.
A NATO helicopter had crashed in the southern province of Helmand last month killing six foreign soldiers.
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