Taliban 'hold crash passengers'
A Taliban spokesman has told the Reuters news agency that they have captured eight Turkish passengers and the Russian and Afghan pilots of a helicopter that made an emergency landing in Afghanistan.
Eight Turkish nationals in crashed Afghan helicopter
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has confirmed that eight Turkish nationals were aboard a helicopter which was forced to land in Afghanistan.
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