US: 14 Americans killed in 2 helicopter crashes (updated)
A series of helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans in insurgent-wracked Afghanistan on Monday, the U.S. military said. It was one of the deadliest days of the war for U.S. troops. In the first crash, a chopper went down in the west of the country after leaving the scene of a firefight with insurgents, killing 10 Americans—seven troops and three civilians working for the government. Eleven American troops, one U.S. civilian and 14 Afghans were also injured. In a separate incident in the south, two other U.S. choppers collided while in flight, killing four American troops and wounding two more, the...
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Tags: Afghanistan, Afghans, American Troops, Chopper, Choppers, Civilians, Crash, Firefight, Helicopter Crashes, Insurgents