{"id":438338,"date":"2015-11-25T12:11:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T10:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/?p=438338"},"modified":"2015-11-25T12:11:47","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T10:11:47","slug":"afghan-forces-launch-bid-to-rescue-18-people-captured-by-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/afghan-forces-launch-bid-to-rescue-18-people-captured-by-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghan security forces launch bid to rescue 18 people captured by Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

Afghan security forces have launched an operation on Wednesday to rescue 18 Moldovans\u00a0who Taliban insurgents captured after their helicopter made an emergency landing in territory under militant control, the Ministry of Defence said.<\/p>\n

The Taliban said they had shot the helicopter down and captured 15 people.<\/p>\n

The MI-17 helicopter owned by a private foreign company made an emergency landing in the northern province of Faryab on Tuesday after it developed a technical problem, the defence ministry said.<\/p>\n

“The insurgents then attacked and as a result two soldiers and one member of the crew were killed … 18 people were captured,” the ministry said in a statement quoted by\u00a0Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Security forces have started a clearance operation to free the captives.”<\/p>\n

The Taliban, fighting to expel foreign forces and bring down the U.S.-backed government, have made gains over the past year outside their southern and eastern heartlands and into northern areas including Faryab.<\/p>\n

The ministry did not identify the captives or say if they were soldiers or civilians, or if any foreigners were among them. Police said on Tuesday 13 government soldiers had been captured.<\/p>\n

The Taliban said five people had been killed and they had captured 15 people who managed to get out of the burning helicopter, most of them soldiers.<\/p>\n

“The captured people have been taken to a safe place and an investigation has started,” Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said in a statement.<\/p>\n

He made no mention of any foreigners among the captives.<\/p>\n

A U.S. defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity on Tuesday, did not comment on the incident itself but denied claims on Twitter that any U.S. military personnel had been captured.<\/p>\n

The helicopter crew consisted of three pilots, all Moldovans.\u00a0According to some sources, three people died, including a Moldovan citizen.<\/p>\n

Source: Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>Afghan security forces have launched an operation on Wednesday to rescue 18 Moldovans\u00a0who Taliban insurgents captured after their helicopter made an emergency landing in territory under militant control, the Ministry of Defence said. The Taliban said they had shot the helicopter down and captured 15 people. The MI-17 helicopter owned by a private foreign company […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":164118,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","category-world-news"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

Afghan security forces have launched an operation on Wednesday to rescue 18 Moldovans\u00a0who Taliban insurgents captured after their helicopter made an emergency landing in territory under militant control, the Ministry of Defence said.<\/p>\n

The Taliban said they had shot the helicopter down and captured 15 people.<\/p>\n

The MI-17 helicopter owned by a private foreign company made an emergency landing in the northern province of Faryab on Tuesday after it developed a technical problem, the defence ministry said.<\/p>\n

“The insurgents then attacked and as a result two soldiers and one member of the crew were killed … 18 people were captured,” the ministry said in a statement quoted by\u00a0Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“Security forces have started a clearance operation to free the captives.”<\/p>\n

The Taliban, fighting to expel foreign forces and bring down the U.S.-backed government, have made gains over the past year outside their southern and eastern heartlands and into northern areas including Faryab.<\/p>\n

The ministry did not identify the captives or say if they were soldiers or civilians, or if any foreigners were among them. Police said on Tuesday 13 government soldiers had been captured.<\/p>\n

The Taliban said five people had been killed and they had captured 15 people who managed to get out of the burning helicopter, most of them soldiers.<\/p>\n

“The captured people have been taken to a safe place and an investigation has started,” Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said in a statement.<\/p>\n

He made no mention of any foreigners among the captives.<\/p>\n

A U.S. defence official, speaking on condition of anonymity on Tuesday, did not comment on the incident itself but denied claims on Twitter that any U.S. military personnel had been captured.<\/p>\n

The helicopter crew consisted of three pilots, all Moldovans.\u00a0According to some sources, three people died, including a Moldovan citizen.<\/p>\n

Source: Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n

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