  U.S. drone reportedly crashes in Afghanistan January 23, 2013 - 16:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A spy drone belonging to the U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan has crashed in the country’s southeastern Paktika Province, Iran’s Press TV reported. The aircraft went down in the Jani Khel district of the Afghan province on Tuesday, Jan 22. Taliban militants claimed that they had downed the drone. NATO confirmed the crash in a statement on Wednesday. However, it did not provide any details about the cause of the incident. The United States regularly uses drones for attacks and spying missions in Afghanistan, as well as in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, among other places. Washington claims that the airstrikes target militants, but local sources say civilians have been the main victims of the attacks. In the latest such attack on Monday, dozens of people were killed in two successive drone strikes in Afghanistan’s eastern Nuristan Province. Partner news  Top stories Among its provisions are bans on child marriage and the traditional practice of selling and buying women to settle disputes. Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander, led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its Dirty War dictatorship. According to the United Nations, April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed. Reports suggest the rebel fighters may have tried to blow up the walls of the prison, which holds some 4,000 inmates.   Partner news |  Latest news Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” to open Moscow Film Fest  The fest will feature retrospectives of films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Costa Gavras, as well as a program devoted to Dutch cinema.Wrekin Hill picks up John Malkovich’s “Siberian Education” Based on the novel by Nicolai Lilin, the film is set in the ghetto of Soviet Russia and follows 2 boys who are members of a gang of exiled Siberians.EU says concerned over human rights record in Russia The European Union said it would closely watch developments affecting non-governmental organizations in Russia.John Lennon’s guitar auctioned for $408,000 The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified U.S. buyer in New York. |
