Ghazni: US forces in helicopters recovered the remains on Tuesday of the crew killed when one of its military jets went down in a Taliban-controlled area, hours after Afghan forces trying to reach the wreckage clashed with insurgents.
The Bombardier E-11A -- used for military communications -- went down in a snowy part of eastern Afghanistan on Monday afternoon.
Ghazni police chief Khaled Wardak said that the US choppers landed at the site in the late afternoon and were reinforced by Afghan security forces on the ground during the operation.
"Following the removal of the bodies, our forces have moved back to their bases. We don't know where the foreigners have taken the bodies," added Wardak.
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