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A military helicopter crashed in northern Afghanistan, causing
casualties, but it was not yet clear whether the aircraft was
Afghan or foreign, a senior intelligence official said.
The helicopter crashed in the northern part of the Hindu Kush
mountains in Baghlan province, said the province's intelligence
chief General Majid.
He said the helicopter had not been shot down.
Officials for both NATO-led forces and foreign troops under the US
military command said all of their aircraft had been accounted
for.
Afghan security officials in Kabul were not immediately available
for comment.
A senior Afghan army general in the northern region, Murad Ali
Murad, confirmed a military helicopter had crashed, but said the
aircraft did not belong to Afghan troops.
Foreign troops sometimes charter aircraft operated by foreign
security firms, mostly for cargo, aruond the mountainous
nation.
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