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Black Hawk Helicopter Crashes During Taliban Training Exercise, Killing 3

by Reuters

   Kabul --

   A Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a Taliban training exercise in
   Afghanistan's capital Kabul, killing three, the group's defense
   ministry said Saturday.

   "An American Black Hawk helicopter, which was flown ... for training,
   crashed due to a technical problem inside the campus of the National
   Defense University," said Ministry of Defense spokesperson Enaytullah
   Khowrazmi, adding five people also were injured.

   The Taliban took control of some U.S.-made aircraft after they seized
   power in the country just over a year ago. It remains unclear how many
   are operational. U.S. forces deliberately damaged some military
   hardware as they left, and Afghan forces had flown some helicopters to
   central Asian nations.