News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| 4 months ago
A Pakistani army helicopter crashed yesterday in a northwestern tribal area that is a Taliban stronghold, killing at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and paramilitary fighters. The military said the helicopter had technical problems, and several Pakistani...
News Source: United Press International
| 4 months ago
At least 26 members of the Pakistani armed forces died Friday when a military transport helicopter crashed in the Northwest Frontier province, officials said. The pilot sent out a distress call as he flew back to Peshawar from an area near the border...
News Source: Jang.com.pk
| 4 months ago
Twenty-six soldiers, including an officer, were killed and six others seriously injured when a helicopter carrying them from Parachinar to Peshawar crashed near the Ferozkhel area in the Taliban-controlled Orakzai Agency on Friday. The Darra Adamkhel-...
News Source: Asian Age
| 4 months ago
A military statement said the helicopter crashed due to "technical reasons", adding that no information regarding the loss of human lives in the incident has yet been received. "According to the reports, the helicopter was on routine flight when it...
News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 4 months ago
The helicopter crashed because of a technical fault about 20 kilometres from the city of Peshawar on the mountainous border of the Orakzai and Khyber ethnic Pashtun tribal regions, the official said. Pakistani soldiers have been fighting Taliban...
News Source: Kuwait Times
| 4 months ago
At least 26 security personnel on board a military helicopter were killed yesterday in northwestern Pakistan when it crashed due to a technical fault, security officials said. The accident occurred on the border of the semi-autonomous Orakzai and...