An article shared on Facebook more than 600 times said the Taliban shot down two U.S. aircraft in Afghanistan, allegedly killing 34 soldiers in late January.

“MAJOR: Taliban Shoot Down 2 US Aircraft; 34 US Soldiers Reportedly Killed,” reads the headline.

Verdict: False

Officials said that there are “no indications” enemy fire brought down the military plane that crashed in late January and that Taliban claims of shooting down the helicopter are “false.” The Daily Caller News Foundation found no reports of 34 soldiers being killed in one day that month.

Fact Check:

The story, originally posted on the Russian website Fort Russ News, alleges that the Taliban took responsibility for a downed Air Force jet in the Taliban-controlled Ghazni province and also shot down a “transport helicopter dispatched to the site of the downed US Air Force jet.” As many as 34 American soldiers were killed in that one day, it said, citing Taliban sources and the Russian blog Avia.pro.

Fort Russ News reported that the Taliban took credit for bringing down the Bombardier E-11A, but different sources within the group appear to contradict one another. Zabihullah Mujahid, an official Taliban spokesman, told The Washington Post and other outlets the plane had been shot down, while a statement from the Taliban’s website simply said the plane “crashed.”

The article’s claims that the Taliban shot down a helicopter en route to the crash site and killed more than 30 American servicemen don’t hold up either. (RELATED: Do The Taliban Control Nearly 45 Percent Of Afghanistan?)

News organizations often report on the deaths of the American soldiers in Afghanistan. If as many as 34 members of the U.S. military had been killed in such a short timespan, it would have been covered by the media, yet no outlets have reported on it.

“Taliban claims that additional aircraft have crashed are false,” he wrote.