Marine helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

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4. Afghanistan helicopter crash kills 6 NATO troops

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and New Delhi—
A NATO helicopter crashed Thursday in southern Afghanistan in an apparent accident that killed six members of the international military force, the U.S.-led coalition said.

The cause of the crash was under investigation, but the coalition said there were no reports of enemy activity in the area at the time. In line with policy, it would not disclose the identities of those killed or their nationalities until the governments and families involved had been notified.

Helicopter-related fatalities and near-misses are not unusual in Afghanistan, although most involve one or two fatalities.

In August, however, in the deadliest single incident in the decade-long war, a military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan, killing 38 U.S. and Afghan troops, including 17 with the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden ...

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