The Taliban have revealed the base from which they planned to shoot down the prime minister’s helicopter during his visit to Afghanistan in June.
A Taliban spokesman told the BBC that the attack would be launched from a base in Washir, north-west Helmand.
David Cameron’s plans were changed at the last minute when intercepts of Taliban radio messages showed that they knew which helicopter he was flying in.
Downing Street said it did not comment on the prime minister’s security plans.
BBC world affairs correspondent David Loyn said any claims from the Taliban had to be be treated with extreme scepticism, especially coming two months after the diversion of the prime minister’s flight.
But, when contacted by the BBC, the Taliban spokesman Qari Yousef Ahmadi added one piece of information to what was already known – the location of the team planning to shoot the helicopter down.
He said that the Taliban attack was to be launched from their base at Washir, in the north-west of the main conflict zone in Helmand.
He would not reveal the source of the Taliban’s information about the flight, nor the weapons they were planning to use.
Mr Cameron’s presence in Afghanistan was known because – unusually – he held a televised press conference in Kabul before heading to the south to visit British troops.
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