Thursday’s helicopter crash occurred on the same day as a suicide bombing in Kandahar killed seven [GALLO/GETTY]
A NATO helicopter has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing six American soldiers, US officials say.
In a brief statement, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, said early on Friday that there was no enemy activity in the area at the time of the crash on Thursday night.
The cause of the crash is still being investigated, NATO said.
The helicopter, a CH-53 Sea Stallion, went down in Helmand province, one US official who asked not to be named told the AFP news agency. The official confirmed the dead were members of the US military.
The Sea Stallion is a heavy transport aircraft capable of carrying about 40 people. US officials did not say whether anyone else was on board, other than the six victims.
In August, Taliban fighters shot down a US Chinook helicopter, the most deadly incident for US and NATO forces since the war in Afghanistan began in 2001
Thirty US soldiers were killed in the attack, including 17 Navy SEALs and five other Navy sailors assigned to the SEAL unit. Seven
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