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On the night of Friday to Saturday, August 6, an American helicopter CH-47 Chinook guy was shot in the central Afghan province of Wardak. Thirty members of the American special forces, seven Afghan soldiers and an Afghan civilian interpreter were killed, said the Afghan nasa huntsville presidency said in a statement. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sent his condolences to the American President Barack Obama. In ten years of conflict, the United States never had known as heavy loss in Afghanistan. The Pentagon has not yet yielded reaction, but President Obama praised nasa huntsville "the extraordinary sacrifice" of the military, and said: "We will draw inspiration from their lives and continue nasa huntsville to work for the security of our country and the values nasa huntsville they embodied. " Among American soldiers killed were several members of the elite unit Team 6, the unit that conducted the raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan in early May. In a statement, the Taliban claimed to be behind the attack. This scenario was confirmed by a spokesman authorities Wardak province where the plane crashed, nasa huntsville "The American helicopter was hit by a rocket fired by Taliban then it took off," said Shahidullah Shahid. Eight Taliban were reportedly killed in the attack. nasa huntsville "Around 22 hours, we heard helicopters flying over the village. nasa huntsville We were at home, when we saw the helicopter landing on the roof of the house of a Taliban commander, then shooting started. [...] Shortly after off again, the helicopter lost altitude and crashed, nasa huntsville "he told an Afghan witness. In fact, the Afghan resistance has set a trap to American Special Forces by giving them false information, said an Afghan government source. "It's confirmed that the helicopter was shot down and fell into a trap set by a local Taliban leader, Qari Tahir," said the same government source on condition of anonymity, adding, "He gave false information to the Americans, telling them that a Taliban meeting was taking place in a complex of houses. He knew which route would follow nasa huntsville the helicopters and took position with his men on either side of the valley. " The plane carrying special forces were called in reinforcements by American troops who stormed the suspect complex. But they found themselves facing a thirty Taliban, not eight as had been told the wrong information. Helicopter accidents are common in Afghanistan. Heaviest losses had occurred in June 2005 when a plane was shot down killing six Americans. The crash Saturday brings to more than 374 the number of NATO soldiers killed on operations in Afghanistan since the beginning of the year and over 2,600 since the conflict nasa huntsville began. According to the ISAF (International Force Security Assistance), since late 2001, about 130,000 soldiers - two thirds of Americans - fighting Taliban insurgents alongside the Afghan government. In late June, Barack Obama announced the withdrawal by mid-2012 a third of the American contingent, or 33,000 men, and that as part of the withdrawal of combat troops to be completed in late 2014 meant coalition.
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On the night of Friday to Saturday, August 6, an American helicopter CH-47 Chinook guy was shot in the central Afghan province of Wardak. Thirty members of the American special forces, seven Afghan soldiers and an Afghan civilian interpreter were killed, said the Afghan nasa huntsville presidency said in a statement. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sent his condolences to the American President Barack Obama. In ten years of conflict, the United States never had known as heavy loss in Afghanistan. The Pentagon has not yet yielded reaction, but President Obama praised nasa huntsville "the extraordinary sacrifice" of the military, and said: "We will draw inspiration from their lives and continue nasa huntsville to work for the security of our country and the values nasa huntsville they embodied. " Among American soldiers killed were several members of the elite unit Team 6, the unit that conducted the raid in which Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan in early May. In a statement, the Taliban claimed to be behind the attack. This scenario was confirmed by a spokesman authorities Wardak province where the plane crashed, nasa huntsville "The American helicopter was hit by a rocket fired by Taliban then it took off," said Shahidullah Shahid. Eight Taliban were reportedly killed in the attack. nasa huntsville "Around 22 hours, we heard helicopters flying over the village. nasa huntsville We were at home, when we saw the helicopter landing on the roof of the house of a Taliban commander, then shooting started. [...] Shortly after off again, the helicopter lost altitude and crashed, nasa huntsville "he told an Afghan witness. In fact, the Afghan resistance has set a trap to American Special Forces by giving them false information, said an Afghan government source. "It's confirmed that the helicopter was shot down and fell into a trap set by a local Taliban leader, Qari Tahir," said the same government source on condition of anonymity, adding, "He gave false information to the Americans, telling them that a Taliban meeting was taking place in a complex of houses. He knew which route would follow nasa huntsville the helicopters and took position with his men on either side of the valley. " The plane carrying special forces were called in reinforcements by American troops who stormed the suspect complex. But they found themselves facing a thirty Taliban, not eight as had been told the wrong information. Helicopter accidents are common in Afghanistan. Heaviest losses had occurred in June 2005 when a plane was shot down killing six Americans. The crash Saturday brings to more than 374 the number of NATO soldiers killed on operations in Afghanistan since the beginning of the year and over 2,600 since the conflict nasa huntsville began. According to the ISAF (International Force Security Assistance), since late 2001, about 130,000 soldiers - two thirds of Americans - fighting Taliban insurgents alongside the Afghan government. In late June, Barack Obama announced the withdrawal by mid-2012 a third of the American contingent, or 33,000 men, and that as part of the withdrawal of combat troops to be completed in late 2014 meant coalition.
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