Taliban claim they have shot down US drone

Taliban militants in Afghanistan have claimed that an unmanned US reconnaissance drone has been shot down by their gunmen in eastern city of Jalalabad. Zabiullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesman said, their militants gunned the aircraft late Saturday. Meanwhile, local residents said, they saw the drone catching fire mid-air and crashing into a civilian house. This comes as earlier this week, another US drone crashed due to technical problems in eastern Ghazni Province, NATO said in a statement. The Taliban spokesman had claimed that the militants shot down the unmanned plane. The Taliban militants in Afghanistan also claim, they have shot down several aircraft and NATO choppers in different parts of Afghanistan over the past few months