March 12th, 2013
12:31 AM ET

5 dead in Afghanistan helicopter crash

Five coalition service members died after a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan on Monday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said.

The chopper went down in the Daman district of southern Kandahar during a rain storm, said Jawid Faisal, a government spokesman for the province.

There was no enemy activity in the area at the time of the incident, ISAF said. It has not released the nationalities of the service members.

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  1. saywhat

    Lessons history and the past 11 years ignored.
    Tragic loss of life, devastation continues to what avail?

    March 12, 2013 at 12:53 pm | Report abuse |
  2. saywhat

    I do hope that us poor ill informed Americans are aware that we are about to be dealt another blow

    March 12, 2013 at 1:18 pm | Report abuse |
  3. saywhat

    Rep. Hagel & Menendez have sponsored two pieces of legislation and are trying to ramrod them thru Congress. If passed we would be compelled to enter into another disastrous war.
    Learn about it and stand upto them.

    March 12, 2013 at 1:20 pm | Report abuse |
  4. saywhat

    Correction.
    Pl read that as Rep. Lindsay Graham & Menendez.
    Write to your Congressman, call them to stop these madcaps.
    Visit the website of Just Foreign Policy to know more.

    March 12, 2013 at 1:28 pm | Report abuse |
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