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| 'Foreigners held' by Afghan Taliban insurgents in Logar | 'Foreigners held' by Afghan Taliban insurgents in Logar |
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| A group of up to nine foreign nationals have been abducted by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, reports say. | A group of up to nine foreign nationals have been abducted by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, reports say. |
| The group were taken after the civilian helicopter in which they were travelling made a forced landing in Azra district in Logar province. | |
| The district is known to be a Taliban-controlled area and the Taliban have told the BBC they have the group. | The district is known to be a Taliban-controlled area and the Taliban have told the BBC they have the group. |
| The aircraft seems to have been forced to make a hard landing in bad weather, and was soon surrounded by insurgents. | |
| The United Nations said the helicopter was not one of theirs. | |
| It was said to be white, like many that fly supply missions across Afghanistan. | |
| Logar deputy police chief Rais Khan Sadeq told AFP news agency the people taken were Turkish nationals, adding that the helicopter had been found without its occupants. | |
| A spokesman for the international coalition forces Isaf said they were helping to search for the hostages. |