Another NATO helicopter has crashed in eastern Afghanistan after at least two US-led foreign soldiers were killed in Monday’s first such incident.
NATO said in a statement that one helicopter crashed in Afghanistan on Monday and two soldiers were killed, without giving further details about the incident.
Our correspondent in Afghanistan reported the second helicopter went down only hours after the first incident.
The Taliban militant group claimed responsibility for both attacks.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mojahed announced that the militants downed the first helicopter in Wardak Province, killing all troops on board.
He added that eight US-led foreign forces were also killed in the second attack in the Paktika Province.
The Taliban militants say they have shot down several aircraft and NATO choppers in different parts of Afghanistan over the past few months.
The growing number of military casualties in Afghanistan has intensified opposition in the US and other NATO member states against the protracted war in the country.
——Agencies