American unmanned spy plane shot down in Khost

KHOST, Feb. 17 - A U.S. UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) was shot down in Bak district Khost, on Tuesday.

According to the report from the region, the pilotless plane was flying low over the Mujaheddin-controlled areas near the center of this district when one of the Mujahids targeted the plane through a P-K machine gun causing the plane to fall down right after it was struck. The wreckage of which is still lying around the area.

Also on Tuesday, Mujahideen attacked a U.S military base in Yaqubi's Khulbisaat area promoting a face-to-face that continued for over half an hour causing the U.S troops fatal casualties and losses, but the precise number of the dead is unclear.

Soon after the attack by the Mujahideen, the surrounding areas came under heavy U.S. strikes, in which the residents sustained loss of life and damages while no Mujahideen were harmed in the bombings.

Source: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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