55145251 In Afghanistan, NATO helicopter crashes
In eastern Afghanistan on June 5 NATO helicopter crashed, according to Reuters. As a result, two soldiers were killed, the citizens of what country they were not reported. News notes that in eastern Afghanistan are mostly Americans. NATO has no information that the helicopter could be shot down, an alliance spokesman said Timothy James (Tim James). Nevertheless, the representative of the Taliban Zabihulla Mujahid said by telephone the agency that it was the Taliban shot down helicopter in Sabari district of Khost province with a hand grenade. According to the testimony of local residents, the helicopter caught fire before the crash. According to Reuters, 230 foreign soldiers have died in Afghanistan since the beginning of the year, 57 of them – in May.
