ISLAMABAD
A Pakistan’s Punjab government Mi-17 helicopter crash landed today in Afghanistan’s Logar province where Taliban insurgents reportedly took the crew hostage before setting the helicopter on fire.
According to Pakistani media the helicopter had seven people onboard at the time of the incident, and was on its way for maintenance to Uzbekistan.
Afghanistan’s TOLO News, however, reported the helicopter belonged to Pakistan military.
Quoting spokesman for Logar province’s governor, it said that the helicopter crashed in the Mati area of Azra district.
All seven crew members survived the crash. Six members of the Punjab government and a Russian engineer were on board the helicopter, it added.
Pakistan Foreign Office is trying to contact Afghan officials to get more information on the incident.
The Taliban militant group, however, has so far not commented on the incident.