Taliban Claims responsibility of Shooting Down US Black Hawk Helicopter, Killing 11

Eleven people including three United States Forces-Afghanistan service
members, three members of the Afghan National Security Forces, and one Afghan civilian interpreter lost their lives as a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, on Thursday. ISAAF claimed they are investigating the cause of crash but Taliban have claimed the responsibility. Though their claim could have been an exaggeration as they claim their victories and are quick to claim responsibility for any incident involving the death of foreign troops

ISAAF said: "The crash resulted in the deaths of four International Security Assistance Force service members, three United States Forces-Afghanistan service members, three members of the Afghan National Security Forces, and one Afghan civilian interpreter.”

The area where the helicopter went down is an insurgent hotbed and supply route, lying north of Kandahar city near Zabul and Uruzgan provinces. A spokesman for NATO said all the foreign troops on board the helicopter were American, adding to a grim week in the country which included multiple suicide bombings which killed 63 civilians in one day, most of them shoppers in markets.