Nato troops die in Afghanistan helicopter crash

Five Nato troops have been killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, the Nato-led security mission Isaf has said.

Isaf gave no further details, saying in a statement that it was still reviewing the circumstances of the crash.

Such crashes are relatively frequent in Afghanistan, where coalition forces depend heavily on air transport.

Foreign forces are due to hand over responsibility for security to their Afghan counterparts at the end of 2014.

The last major helicopter crash took place in December last year, when seven Americans and four Afghans died.

In August 2011, the Taliban shot down an American Chinook near Kabul, killing 30 Americans and eight Afghans in the deadliest single incident for US troops since the war began.


Credit: The BBC