Pakistan returns helicopters given by US

Islamabad, Oct 30 (IANS) 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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