Afghan Taliban capture US drone or spy plane in Kunduz

A pilotless plane of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) went down in a Taliban stronghold in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan on Wednesday, the alliance said in a statement. "An International Security Assistance Force unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) went down in Kunduz province today," the statement added. The jet, a Luna UAV, was remotely piloted from a ground station and contains no weapons or intelligence that could be exploited by enemy forces, it further stressed. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed that the Afghan Taliban captured a reconnaissance NATO plane in Qalai Zal district of Kunduz province. ISAF also in the statement confirmed that the plane went down in the Taliban stronghold area of Qalai Zal district. "It has absolutely no benefit to the enemy, we decided not to recover it," the statement quoted an ISAF spokesman Col. Hans Bush as saying.