Russian among helicopter crew captured by Taliban

A Mi-17 Pakistani helicopter made an emergency landing in Afghanistan when it was heading for maintenance and repairs to an enterprise belonging to the Russian Helicopters company, the Russian Foreign ministry’s press service said.

"Pakistan’s Mi-17 commercial helicopter piloted by Pakistani pilots was on its way to an enterprise belonging to the Russian Helicopters holdings for repairs," the press service said.

The helicopter made an emergency landing in Afghanistan because of a technical breakdown. After that, the helicopter went on fire. The crew consisting of six retired Pakistani military and a Russian air navigator were not hurt. They, however, were captured by the Taliban, TASS reports.