ISLAMABAD: The crew members of Punjab Government`s Mi 17 helicopter that had crash landed in Afghanistan have safely returned to Islamabad.
According the media reports, tribal elders from both sides played key role to help release the captive crew members of the crashed chopper. Mi-17 chopper made an emergency landing in a Taliban-controlled district of Logar province on August 4 while flying to Russia for maintenance and seven crew members, including a Russian navigator, were taken hostage by a group of militants believed to be Afghan Taliban.
Following the crash, Army Chief General Raheel Sharif had immediately called Commander Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan General Nicolson and had asked him to help in the recovery of the helicopter crew. The army chief also called Afghan President Ashraf Ghani last week and asked him to help in organising a safe and early recovery of the hostages.
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