A US Chinook helicopter is landing near the Torah base in the district of Surobi in Afghanistan. (File photo) <\/p>\n
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A NATO helicopter carrying US-led soldiers has made emergency landing in Afghanistan’s troubled southern province of Kandahar.\n<\/p>\n
The provincial governor spokesman, Javid Faysal, said the helicopter made the emergency landing in a town of Kandahar Province on Tuesday\n<\/p>\n
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.\n<\/p>\n
Taliban militants have increased violence against US-led forces in Afghanistan, targeting NATO helicopters and drones.\n<\/p>\n
The Taliban claim their militants have shot down several aircraft and NATO choppers in different parts of Afghanistan over the past few months.\n<\/p>\n
The militant group has focused their battle against US-led forces in Afghanistan on the country’s southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar.\n<\/p>\n
Attacks on foreign troops has increased recently as Taliban militants have announced the beginning of their spring offensive across Afghanistan.\n<\/p>\n
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.\n<\/p>\n
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.\n<\/p>\n
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