Pakistan returns helicopters given by US

IANS  |  Islamabad 

on Monday returned the last of five helicopters given to it by the US for monitoring the country's border with Afghanistan, the media reported.

The US gave a total of nine helicopters to in 2002. had returned four of them on October 15, Geo News reported.

The remaining choppers were loaded on a transport aircraft in Islamabad. This is expected to land in the US on Tuesday.

The choppers had been used in Balochistan and in anti-narcotics operations, according to the report.

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First Published: Mon, October 30 2017. 21:10 IST