Wednesday, April 06, 2005

KABUL (Reuters) - Nine people were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday when a military helicopter crashed during severe weather, the U.S. military said. The CH 47 Chinook helicopter crashed in Ghazni province, 80 miles southwest of the capital, Kabul, while on a routine mission, a spokeswoman said. There were no survivors. "We have nine confirmed casualties. I don't have the full list of the passengers or other details now," said U.S. military spokesman Lieutenant Cindy Moore. The helicopter was one of two Chinooks returning to Bagram Air Field north of Kabul from a mission in southern Afghanistan, Moore said. The other arrived safely at Bagram.

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