Flight from US Base Lands in Iran after 'Bureaucratic Issue'

A charter flight from the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan to Dubai made an unexpected landing in Iran on Friday following what a senior U.S. diplomatic official called a "bureaucratic issue." The State Department official provided few details but dismissed earlier media reports that Iran had forced the plane to land in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas after questioning its flight plan from Bagram Airfield. The Washington Post first reported the incident,...

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