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Three killed as civilian helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
Jan 16, 2012, 12:42 GMT
Kandahar, Afghanistan - A civilian helicopter crashed in the southern Afghan province of Helmand Monday, killing all three foreign nationals on board, the authorities said.
Helmand's deputy police chief, Qamarudin Shirzad, said the helicopter crashed in Nad Ali district probably because of technical problems. 'The area has been secured now,' he said.
A security official who confirmed the three deaths, but could not verify the nationalities of the victims, said: 'The helicopter was completely destroyed by the impact and subsequent fire.'
A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said, 'We can only confirm that a civilian helicopter has crashed in Helmand.'
Meanwhile, Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the helicopter has been brought down by their fighters.
The Russian-made helicopter belonged to the US-based ARR airlift company, a contractor for NATO's operations in Afghanistan.
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