{"id":368,"date":"2016-08-05T03:46:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T17:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=368"},"modified":"2016-08-05T03:46:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T17:46:24","slug":"punjab-govts-helicopter-crash-lands-in-afghanistan-taliban-set-it-on-fire-take-crew-hostage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/punjab-govts-helicopter-crash-lands-in-afghanistan-taliban-set-it-on-fire-take-crew-hostage\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt\u2019s helicopter crash lands in Afghanistan; Taliban set it on fire, take crew hostage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A Punjab government helicopter crash landed in Afghanistan\u2019s Logar province where Taliban insurgents took hostage all the seven people on board while setting it on fire.<br \/>\nAfghanistan\u2019s TOLO News, however, reported that the helicopter belonged to Paistan military. Quoting spokesman for Logar province\u2019s governor, it said that the helicopter crashed in the Mati area of Azra district.<br \/>\nThere were conflicting reports on how the helicopter caught fire. Some eyewitnesses told local news agencies that the helicopter appeared to have caught fire while landing. Some residents said the Taliban set it on fire.<br \/>\nPakistan Foreign Office is trying to contact Afghan officials to get more information on the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A Punjab government helicopter crash landed in Afghanistan\u2019s Logar province where Taliban insurgents took hostage all the seven people on board while setting it on fire. Afghanistan\u2019s TOLO News, however, reported that the helicopter belonged to Paistan military. Quoting spokesman for Logar province\u2019s governor, it said that the helicopter crashed in the Mati area [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab govt\u2019s helicopter crash lands in Afghanistan; Taliban set it on fire, take crew hostage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/punjab-govts-helicopter-crash-lands-in-afghanistan-taliban-set-it-on-fire-take-crew-hostage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab govt\u2019s helicopter crash lands in Afghanistan; Taliban set it on fire, take crew hostage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD: A Punjab government helicopter crash landed in Afghanistan\u2019s Logar province where Taliban insurgents took hostage all the seven people on board while setting it on fire. 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