KABUL, July 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Finally the US army endorsed Taliban's claim and admitted on Wednesday that enemies fire has caused a military helicopter crash in eastern Kunar province last week.

    "Reports now indicate that the crash was caused by hostile fire, possibly a rocket propelled grenade," Jim Yonts told reporters at a news briefing here.

    The CH-47 helicopter carrying forces to support Afghan and US troops in battle against militants was crashed last Tuesday on Kunar's mountains and all 16 aboard were killed.

    Immediately after the incident, Taliban claimed responsibility and its spokesman Mawlawi Abdul Latif Hakimi said from unknown place that Taliban's fighter shoot the chopper down.

    Kunar, once a strong base of former Prime Minister and dissident warlord Gulbudin Hekmatyar and former stronghold of Taliban, has been the scene of bloody fighting over the past one week during which more than 40 including 17 civilians had been killed. Enditem