KABUL: Four US military helicopter engines worth a combined $13.2 million are missing in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, the American military said on Wednesday.
The engines were being shipped overland from the main US base at Bagram and were destined for Fort Bragg, NC, where the 82nd Airborne is based, US spokeswoman Lt-Col Rumi Nielson-Green said.
"The components went missing en route to port – the exact location is undetermined," Nielson-Green said. The parts went missing sometime before the 101st Airborne arrived to replace the 82nd in early April, she said. They were being shipped by a Pakistani trucking company.
Militants in both countries frequently target convoys of goods destined for Nato bases. ISPR Director-General Maj-Gen Athar Abbas said the reports of the missing helicopter parts were under investigation, but he said that the US forces had not contacted Pakistan officials about the matter. The US is not disclosing what kind of engines they were to prevent any criminals or insurgents from getting additional information.
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