A helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan killed five U.S. service members, government officials said on Tuesday.
Monday night collapse brought about by the total number of us military deaths of that day of seven, the U.S. army's deadliest day in the year to date. Two U.S. special operations forces attack inside hour ago was shot and killed an Afghan police in eastern Afghanistan.
NATO military coalition said in a statement, "a preliminary report" shows that activity of time have no enemies in the area. The statement said that the cause of the accident is under investigation.
A U.S. official said, the dead was an American. , the official said the helicopter is in outside kandahar city, kandahar province,. Send official spoke on condition of anonymity said, because the information has not been officially released.
Five of the dead included everyone aboard the uh-60 blackhawk, said maj. international military coalition in Afghanistan Wojack spokesman Adam.
Their deaths, 12 American soldiers were killed and so far this year in Afghanistan. In 2012, 297 American soldiers killed in Afghanistan, according to the Associated Press.
This is the most deadly crash since August, the U.S. military helicopter crashed in a remote area in kandahar province insurgents fighting. Seven American and four afghans died of collapse.
In March 2012, officials say, the helicopter crashed near the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing 12 Turkish soldiers on board and four Afghan civilians on the ground. In August 2011, the insurgents shot down a Chinook "helicopter, killing 30 people, American troops are mostly elite navy seals, in Afghanistan's wardak province in central.
Also on Tuesday, the interior ministry statement said that militant attacks killed six Afghan civilians.
Four died when their tractors roadside bomb in southern helmand province on Monday. On Tuesday, the two women were killed when gunmen fired mortars hit their house in the same province.
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