Taliban parades copter wreckage

KABUL, NOV. 6. The Taliban rulers in Afghanistan paraded what they said were parts of a downed U.S. helicopter through the Kabul streets today.

``Their attack here will soon share the fate of this aircraft,'' a Taliban fighter shouted through a loudspeaker as the wreckage was driven through Kabul. ``Don't worry we will defeat the Americans and their allies,'' he said. Thousands came out on the street to see the metal parts and two tyres mounted on the back of a vehicle.

A Taliban official told Reuters that the helicopter was shot down in the Ghazni province on Saturday. Earlier, the U.S. planes attacked the Taliban guns north of the capital and the Opposition claimed a battlefield victory near Mazar-e-Sharif.

- Reuters

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