Tue 12 Mar 2013 02:00
Official: 5 U.S. Troops killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan
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KABUL, Afghanistan — A helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan has killed five American service members, officials said Tuesday.
Monday night’s crash brought the total number of U.S. troops killed that day to seven, making it the deadliest day for U.S. forces so far this year. Two U.S. special operations forces were gunned down hours earlier in an insider attack by an Afghan policeman in eastern Afghanistan.
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