US soldier killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

The US military reported that a service member had died of injuries sustained in a helicopter crash Friday in Logar, eastern Afghanistan, in which six other crew members were also injured. A provincial government spokesman said the helicopter made an emergency landing while taking off and hit a tree. The US statement said the crash was not the result of enemy action after the Taliban claimed to have shot the chopper down.

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