KABUL: (MEP) A United States Air Force drone has been crashed in southern Kandahar without causing any injuries, according to the reports.
The MQ-9 reaper drone has reportedly crashed at a base in Kandahar Airfield late on Saturday with the U.S. military officials saying ‘hostile fire was not a factor.”
The officials have further added that an investigation is underway to establish the cause behind the incident.
The U.S. Air Force has stepped up air campaign against the anti-government armed militant groups in Afghanistan during the recent months, mainly using the armed drones to suppress the activities of the militants.
According to reports released earlier this month, the U.S. forces in Afghanistan carried out at least 20 airstrikes targeting the loyalists of the Islamic State terror group in Afghanistan during a period of 3 weeks.
