Thu., January 19, 2012 9:15pm (EST)

6 NATO Service Members Die In Crash In Afghanistan

By NPR Staff and Wires

Updated: 1 year ago

The international coalition in Afghanistan says six NATO service members have died following a helicopter crash on Thursday.

A military official said all six dead were Americans.

The cause of the crash is being investigated.

NATO said in a statement early Friday morning that there was no enemy activity in the area at the time of the crash in southern Afghanistan.


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