BREAKING: Taliban Takes Credit for Shooting Down US Plane in Afghanistan with 83 On Board — Including CIA Officers

by Jim Hoft Jan. 27, 2020 11:32 amJan. 27, 2020 10:36 am

A US military plane was shot down by the Taliban on Monday over Ghazni, in eastern Afghanistan, killing all on board including high ranking CIA officers: Taliban statement.

83 people were on the flight.

BREAKING: Taliban says it shot down plane carrying high ranking U.S. military personnelhttps://t.co/MXFRYAtXeU

— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) January 27, 2020

There is video from the wreckage.

🔴 First video of a US Air Force plane crash in the Ghazni in Afghanistan.

This is a US Army Bombardier E-11. pic.twitter.com/IhCySx4qDU

— air plus news (english) (@airplusnews_EN) January 27, 2020

#AFGHANISTAN: video of downed plane appears to be of US Air Force E-11A communications aircraft

— Project Z (@projzeitgeist) January 27, 2020

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