Live Breaking News & Updates on Tanji Valley In Wardak Province|Page 1

reporter: hello, thomas. we are hearing from nature foe officials who are confirming what exactly happened saturday during the overnight raid. they re saying this helicopter carrying the men were actually a part of a reinforcement team going in to help u.s. army rangers who were pinned down in a fire fight in the tanji valley in wardak province. when their chinook helicopter was coming down, that s when the tal boone decided to fire a rocket-propelled grenade, bringing the helicopter down and killing everyone on board. 30 americans and 8 afghans were aboard that chinook helicopter. what s interesting is the fact that we ve actually heard this story before, from the taliban. they re the ones who told us that this is the occurrence that happened in wardak saturday night. what s odd is the taliban tend to exaggerate, but obviously they knew what was happening on the ground. they kept an eye on the aftermath. what we re hearing from nato is that the investigation is still ongoing. they v ....

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