Afghan army in rescue bid for chopper crash hostages

AFP, MAZAR-I-SHARIF: The Afghan army launched an operation Wednesday to rescue 18 hostages including two Moldovans captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in the north, officials said.
The Taliban killed three of those on board—two Afghans and a third foreigner—in an initial firefight and took the rest hostage after the Tuesday crash, the defence ministry said in a statement.
The helicopter came down in the Pashtun Kot district of Faryab province, an area partly controlled by the militants.
The 21 people on board included two Moldovan pilots and a Moldovan engineer, the country’s acting prime minister Gheorghe Brega told reporters in Chisinau.

Afghan army in rescue bid for chopper crash hostages

AFP, MAZAR-I-SHARIF: The Afghan army launched an operation Wednesday to rescue 18 hostages including two Moldovans captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in the north, officials said. The Taliban killed three of those on boardtwo Afghans and a third foreignerin an initial firefight and took the rest hostage after the Tuesday crash, the defence ministry said in a statement. The helicopter came down in the Pashtun Kot district of Faryab province, an area partly controlled by the militants. The 21 people on board included two Moldovan pilots and a Moldovan engineer, the countrys acting prime minister Gheorghe Brega told reporters in Chisinau.