Taliban militants claim they have shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle operated by the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in northeastern Afghanistan.
The Taliban said that they successfully targeted the aircraft in the Nejrab district of Kapisa province on Saturday, the Afghan Islamic Press reported.
However, ISAF dismissed the Taliban’s claim, saying the drone crashed due to a mechanical failure, but did not announce the exact location of the incident.
A recovery force was immediately sent to the site of the crash and swiftly retrieved the wreckage of the drone.
Taliban militants say they have shot down several NATO and ISAF drone aircraft and helicopters in different parts of Afghanistan over the past few years.
US-led airstrikes have killed hundreds of civilians in various parts of Afghanistan over the past few months, with Afghans becoming more and more outraged over the seemingly endless number of deadly assaults.
A countless number of Afghan civilians have been killed since the beginning of the US-led war in October 2001.
Tens of thousands of Afghan civilians have reportedly lost their lives as a consequence of displacement, starvation, disease, lack of medical treatment, crime, and lawlessness resulting from the war.
In a recent report, Afghan Interior Minister Zemarai Bashary said that 2010 had been the deadliest year for civilians.
Source: Press TV