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Nov. 30, 2013 / 9:38 AM

U.S. drone crashes in Afghanistan

A RQ-1 Predator from the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron lands at Tallil Air Base, Iraq on Jan. 20, 2004. (UPI Photo/Suzanne M. Jenkins/AFIE)

A RQ-1 Predator from the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron lands at Tallil Air Base, Iraq on Jan. 20, 2004. (UPI Photo/Suzanne M. Jenkins/AFIE) | License Photo

CHAPARHAR, Afghanistan, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. unmanned drone crashed Saturday in the Chaparhar district of Afghanistan's eastern Nangahar province, local authorities said.

Chaparhar district chief Haji Mohammad Sadiq Dawlatzai confirmed the aircraft crashed Friday afternoon due to technical issues, but a spokesman for the local Taliban group, Zabiullah Majahid, claimed it was shot down by Taliban militants.

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The United States regularly uses drones for attacks and surveillance missions in Afghanistan, as well as in Pakistan's northwestern provinces, the Afghan online newspaper Khaama Press noted.

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