KABUL, May 6 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. helicopter crashed late Friday evening in the eastern Afghan province of Kunar, the U.S.-led military said Saturday.

    Nine personnel were aboard the CH-47 Chinook aircraft including passengers and crew while casualties can not be confirmed at this time, the military said in a news release.

    The CH - 47 was conducting operations on a mountain top landing zone when the crash occurred.

    Additional aircraft and crews were also at the landing zone and confirmed that enemy forces did not cause the crash, it added. Enditem