US drone crashes in southwest Pakistan
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Aug 25, IRNA -- A US surveillance drone crashed in southwestern Pakistan near a paramilitary base close to the Afghan border on Thursday, Pakistani officials said.
The drone had apparently come down due to a technical fault about two kilometers inside Pakistani territory in Chaman town in insurgency-hit Baluchistan province, but had caused no damage on the ground.
Such crashes of US aircraft are rare in Pakistan, but one of the country’s own surveillance drones crashed in the city of Karachi in July after hitting a bird on a routine flight.
An official from Pakistan’s paramilitary Frontier Corps in Quetta, the province’s main town, confirmed the incident.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the wreckage of the aircraft had been recovered.
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Islamic Republic News Agency/IRNA NewsCode: 30535686
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