KABUL: 12 Afghan shoulders among 17 people have been killed as a military helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Thursday.
The Afghan defense ministry said in a statement that the military helicopter destroyed due to a technical fault.
Sources said that the Mi-17 transport helicopter crashed, killing 17 people including 12 Afghan army soldiers and five crew members. It was not an insurgent attack, it crashed due to technical flats.
While Taliban claimed that they shot down the helicopter with a rocket launcher.
