Taliban fighters have detained eight Turkish nationals who were onboard a civilian helicopter which made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday.
The aircraft, which had come from the eastern city of Khost and was heading for Kabul, belonged to a Turkish company.
The firm has a "big project" in Khost, officials told AFP news agency, but gave no details.
The civilian helicopter made an emergency landing on Sunday evening, said Rais Khan Sadeq, deputy police chief of Logar province south of Kabul.
"Security forces found the helicopter but the eight people were not in it. They are taken by the Taliban. They are Turkish nationals and are nine people including the crew," Sadeq told AFP.
Hamidullah Hamid, governor of Azr district where the helicopter came down, also said nine Turks on board had been seized by the Taliban.
The International Security Assistance Force in Kabul said the force assisted a search by Afghan authorities for a helicopter but gave no details.
22 Apr, 2013
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Source: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/world/2013/04/22/Taliban-seize-Turks-after-civilian-helicopter-lands-in-Afghanistan.html
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