Pakistan returns helicopters given by US

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Pakistan 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 Pakistan in 2002. Pakistan 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: Oct 30 2017 | 9:10 PM IST