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Taliban claims it downed Black Hawk helicopter in Kandahar province, killing seven US troops and four Afghans
A Black Hawk helicopter has crashed in a restive region in southern Afghanistan, killing seven US soldiers and four Afghans.
The Taliban said they had downed the aircraft, although the militants have been quick to claim crashes caused by mechanical problems as successful hits.
"We hit the ISAF helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade," said Qari Yousef Ahmadi, Taliban spokesman for the southern region.
The helicopter's landing was so hard it was destroyed, officials at the Pentagon told NBC news.
In Kabul, Nato said it was investigating the cause of the crash in Kandahar province, the birthplace of the Taliban.
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