Afghan officials: U.S. Chinook was shot down as it enters the trap Taliban

KABUL - helicopter crash that killed more than 30 U.S. troops in Afghanistan after the terrorist was shot down by Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, according to Afghan officials because of the Mujahideen set a trap .

"Now we assert that the helicopter was shot down and it was a trap set by a Taliban commander," said the official, who did not want to be named on Monday (08/08/2011).

The official said the commander of U.S. forces there informed him that Taliban officials held a meeting.

U.S. officials backed Hamid Karzai's puppet government, thinking that the attack was carried out for revenge for the death of Sheikh Osama, even though the Mujahideen did not make such statements when they announced responsibility for the attack.

Citing intelligence gathered in the area of ​​the incident, blaming officials Qahi Tahir, commander of the Taliban for masterminding the attack. He said four Pakistanis to help Tahir in the attack.

He said intelligence had shown that the U.S. Chinook dropped by shooting from different directions using "modern weapons" without giving further details.

The helicopter was attacked from both sides of the valley, the route is only possible through the Sayedabad district, Wardak province where the attack happened on Friday night.

"The Taliban know exactly which route will take the helicopter," he added.

"That's the only way, so they took up positions on both sides of the valley in the mountains as the helicopter approached and they attacked with rockets and other modern weapons. Heli fell by a few shots, "he said.