A helicopter used by a civilian company contracted to NATO crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing all four Tajik crew members, officials said Sunday. The crash was due to a technical malfunction, said Mohammad Jan Rasolyar, the deputy governor of Zabul province, where the crash took place.
But the Taliban in an online statement claimed its fighters had shot down the helicopter. The Russian-made EY-106 helicopter belonged to the global logistic company Supreme Group, which provides services for the international troops stationed in the war torn country.
The company in a statement said that four crew members of the helicopter who were killed in the Saturday crash were Tajik nationals. The helicopter was transporting food and water, it said.
"Investigations as to the cause of the crash are ongoing but no other parties appear to have been involved in the incident," the company said.
Last month, a NATO helicopter crashed in the southern province of Helmand, killing six foreign soldiers.
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