Taliban Try Flying Chopper Left Behind By US, Crash It

US forces deliberately damaged some military hardware when they entered and Afghan forces flew some helicopters into Central Asian countries.

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A Black Hawk helicopter has crashed during a Taliban training exercise in the Afghan capital Kabul

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killing three people, the group's defense ministry said on Saturday

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"An American Black Hawk helicopter, which was for training, crashed due to a technical problem inside

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the campus of the National Defense University," defense ministry spokesman

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Enayetullah Khwarazmi said, adding that five others were injured.

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After taking over the country just over a year ago, the Taliban took control of some US-made aircraft.

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It is not yet clear how many are operational. US forces deliberately damaged some military hardware when they entered

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