Spokesman claims high-ranking CIA officers were on plane that crashed in eastern AfghanistanA Taliban spokesman claims the group has shot down a US military aircraft over eastern Afghanistan. Footage purportedly taken from the snowy wreckage site showed the US air force insignia on the charred fuselage. Lots of officers have been killed.”He claimed high-ranking CIA officers had been onboard the plane. The aircraft in the footage appeared to show a US air force E-11 Battlefield Airborne Communications Node. It has been described by the air force as “Wi-Fi in the sky”, a roving communications satellite to support missions in remote areas without existing infrastructure.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2020 15:06 UTC