17 people were killed in Afghan army helicopter crash

17 people were killed in Afghan army helicopter crash 

Kandahar: At slightest 17 individuals, including 12 Afghan armed force warriors, were killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, the most noticeably bad such occurrence endured by military strengths since the NATO battle mission finished in December.

The Afghan safeguard service said the military helicopter went down because of a specialized issue in Shinkay, a region generally free of extremist movement in the generally unpredictable region of Zabul.

"The Mi17 transport helicopter slammed, slaughtering 17 individuals including 12 Afghan armed force fighters and five group individuals. It was not a radical assault, it slammed because of specialized troubles," a senior armed force authority in southern Afghanistan told AFP on state of secrecy.

The Taliban guaranteed they shot down the chopper with a rocket launcher, however the radicals are known not or distort combat zone claims.

Shinkay region boss Mohammad Qasim Khan additionally ascribed the collide with a specialized shortcoming, with another military officer saying an official appointment has been dispatched to the territory to explore the episode.

Flying machine accidents have been a standard danger for Afghan and remote coalition strengths, with troops depending intensely on air transport to navigate Afghanistan's rough landscape to battle the Taliban.

The radicals have every so often cut down NATO helicopters, quite a US Chinook in 2011 which slaughtered 30 Americans, yet such occurrences have been uncommon.

In April a year ago five British troops kicked the bucket when their helicopter smashed in Kandahar territory in what London's Ministry of Defense said at the time gave off an impression of being a "deplorable mishap".