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Islamabad Confirms Taliban's Release of Mi-17 Crew, Including Russian National

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Islamabad Confirms Taliban's Release of Mi-17 Crew, Including Russian National

08:02 GMT 13.08.2016 (Updated: 08:24 GMT 13.08.2016)

© AFP 2023 / AAMIR QURESHIThis file photo taken on March 23, 2014 shows a Pakistani Air Force Mi-17 helicopter flies over the Presidential Palace during a parade marking the country's National Day in Islamabad

This file photo taken on March 23, 2014 shows a Pakistani Air Force Mi-17 helicopter flies over the Presidential Palace during a parade marking the country's National Day in Islamabad - Sputnik International

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry's spokesman announced that the six crew members of the Pakistani Mi-17 helicopter that were captured by Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan after crash landing, including a Russian citizen, had been released and taken to Islamabad.

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Crew of Pakistan's Mi-17 Helicopter Kidnapped by Taliban in Afghanistan Freed

11 August 2016, 13:45 GMT

NEW DELHI (Sputnik) – The six crew members of the Pakistani Mi-17 helicopter that were captured by Taliban terrorists in Afghanistan after crash landing have been released and taken to Islamabad, Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Nafees Zakaria said on Saturday.

"The Six crew members of Punjab government [Mi-17] helicopter that went missing in Afghanistan on August 4, 2016 have been released and arrived in Islamabad today," he told RIA Novosti.

Nafees Zakaria added that Russian national Sergei Sevastyanov was among those freed.