A US Chinook helicopter is landing near the Torah base in the district of Surobi in Afghanistan. (File photo)
A NATO helicopter carrying US-led soldiers has made emergency landing in Afghanistan’s troubled southern province of Kandahar.
The provincial governor spokesman, Javid Faysal, said the helicopter made the emergency landing in a town of Kandahar Province on Tuesday
He added that no casualties have been reported. The cause of the incident is not yet known and no person or group has claimed responsibility.
Taliban militants have increased violence against US-led forces in Afghanistan, targeting NATO helicopters and drones.
The Taliban claim their militants have shot down several aircraft and NATO choppers in different parts of Afghanistan over the past few months.
The militant group has focused their battle against US-led forces in Afghanistan on the country’s southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar.
Attacks on foreign troops has increased recently as Taliban militants have announced the beginning of their spring offensive across Afghanistan.
The militant group said it would use “every possible tactic” to inflict casualties on Afghan and US-led forces, specifically mentioning insider and bomb attacks.
The rising death toll of US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan has also prompted growing opposition to the Afghan war in NATO member states and other countries that have contributed troops to the military occupation.
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This article originally appeared on: Press TV