U.S. military retrieves bodies but Afghan jet crash remains a mystery
Pilot on the high-tech Air Force plane declared an emergency before coming down in Taliban-held territory.
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Pilot on the high-tech Air Force plane declared an emergency before coming down in Taliban-held territory.
U.S. military confirms a small jet used for communications has gone down in Ghazni province, but cause unclear as Taliban claims involvement.
The Taliban claimed responsibility and said it happened during a joint U.S.-Afghan raid in the northern province of Kunduz
Taliban says it carried out the bombing, but the U.S. military denies the group's claim that fighters made it into the sprawling Bagram Air Base.
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Officials promptly dismiss Taliban claim that it downed the craft but say the cause of the crash is being investigated
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