5 Killed in UK Helicopter Crash

We cannot confirm based on current available information that it was a Lynx helicopter .

Five people have died in a UK helicopter crash in Afghanistan and Sky sources say all those on board are believed to be British.The victims were service personnel who were killed in the south of the country, said the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

The ministry said it was investigating the circumstances of the incident but could not confirm the nationality of the troops who died.An MoD spokesman said: "We can confirm that a UK helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan today."The incident is under investigation and it would be inappropriate to comment further until families have been notified."Kandahar provincial police spokesman Zia Durrani said the helicopter went down in the province's Takhta Pul district in the southeast, about 30 miles from the Pakistan border.

It was the bloodiest day for foreign troops in Afghanistan this year.The cause of the crash was not immediately known but it was not believed to have involved any enemy action.It brings the number of international troops killed in the war-hit country in April to seven. A total of 23 have died in 2014.Nato is preparing to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan at the end of this year, 13 years after the US-led invasion to topple the Taliban for sheltering al Qaeda.


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