Posted on 04/22/2013 1:12:25 AM PDT by bd476
(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Officials say a helicopter owned by an Afghan company has made an emergency landing in a Taliban-controlled area of eastern Afghanistan, and the insurgents took all nine people who were aboard hostage.
A district administrator in the area says the helicopter landed on Sunday afternoon in strong winds and rain in a village of Logar province, southeast of Kabul and about 30 kilometers (or 20 miles) from the Pakistan border.
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The Soviets supported Islamic terrorists for years. They hoped to destabilize Israel and by extension damage the US.
I'll bet they get 'em back. On the grounds that they have enough enemies and pissing off the Russians AND the Turks is probably a bad idea.
Could be wrong. They're crazy over there.
They're in big trouble now....Go get 'em, Vlad!
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