RPG’s are not guided, so it has to be a very lucky hit to bring down a Chinook.
If the cause were instead a bomb brought on-board by the ANA, would they SAY that this were the case?
Never.
I also don’t think the mission was a standard QRF, nope —prolly was a snatch gone bad.
It might have been a trap set by the Taliban, lure them in with a high ranking leader.