1.9 Mln. USD For Slush Fund In Afghanistan Burned As Plane On Fire

The British Ministry of Defence on Friday night confirmed that a "sizeable amount of cash" was being transported by the plane. It was said that the RAF aircraft had flown in a "black operation" from Kabul to the crude dirt landing strip outside the town of Lashkar Gar in Helmand province. Since the pilot managed to touch down, there were no casualties. Stephen Evans, the British ambassador to Afghanistan, and special forces on board escaped the burning plane in seconds, the paper said. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-10/23/content_5238961.htm

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