Pilot of Moldovan helicopter downed in Afghanistan killed by Taliban

TASS: World - Pilot of Moldovan helicopter downed in Afghanistan killed by Taliban — aviation officials: 
"Pilot Oleg Groza, 55, died of four gunshot wounds in the chest. He was wounded when the helicopter came under Taliban gunfire from the ground. That was the reason for a crash landing," the spokesman said, adding that the pilot’s body was taken to a German hospital in Afghanistan where he was identified by representatives of Valan International Charter, a Moldovan company that owned the helicopter. The body will soon be taken to Moldova.