{"id":3043,"date":"2020-10-14T17:46:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T12:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2020-10-14T17:46:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T12:01:43","slug":"2-afghan-military-helicopters-collide-9-soldiers-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=3043","title":{"rendered":"2 Afghan military helicopters collide, 9 soldiers killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>AGENCY :<\/strong> Two Afghan army helicopters collided while transporting wounded soldiers in the southern Helmand province, killing nine Afghan service members, the country&#8217;s Defense Ministry and local officials said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The two Soviet-era Mi-17 helicopters crashed due to technical problems while taking off in Nawa district, the Afghan Defense Ministry statement said. The nine dead were all Afghan crew and soldiers who had been on board the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Omer Zwak, a spokesman for Helmand&#8217;s provincial governor, said that the helicopters were carrying wounded soldiers when they crashed on late Tuesday.\u00a0 He said that over the past week, Taliban fighters have launched coordinated attacks in different parts of Helmand province, which have intensified in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>Three local officials in theHelmand province said that the helicopters were deploying Afghan commandos to repel a Taliban attack in Nawa district, and were evacuating wounded soldiers on their return flight. The Afghan officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media about military activities.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, American forces said they had carried out several airstrikes in Helmand province in support of Afghan security forces under attack by the Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>Col. Sonny Leggett, a spokesperson for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, said on Monday that the recent Taliban attacks in Helmand were \u201cnot consistent\u201d with a U.S.-Taliban deal signed in February and that they undermined ongoing intra-Afghan peace talks. He said the airstrikes do not violate the February deal.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Afghan civilians have fled Nawa and Nad Ali districts because of the fighting, said Atiqullah, a local community leader from Nawa district, who like many Afghans goes by just one name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing is left to us, we lost everything, including our home, property and livestock,&#8221; he said. He and his family fled to stay with relatives in the city of Lashkar Gah, Helmand\u2019s provincial capital. \u201cThe Taliban have launched attacks against security checkpoints, and they control most parts of Nawa district,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, three civilians were killed and 14 wounded in the eastern province of Laghman by a magnetic explosive device attached to a police vehicle, said Shafiullah Afghanyar, a provincial police spokesman. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AGENCY : Two Afghan army helicopters collided while transporting wounded soldiers in the southern Helmand province, killing nine Afghan service members, the country&#8217;s Defense Ministry and local officials said on Wednesday. The two Soviet-era Mi-17 helicopters crashed due to technical problems while taking off in Nawa district, the Afghan Defense Ministry statement said. 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