LOGAR, Afghanistan, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Two crews of an Afghan army helicopter were injured as their chopper crashed in the eastern Logar province on Monday, spokesman for the provincial government Salim Saleh said. "An army helicopter was taking off in Kharwar district at 3:00 p. m. local time (1130 GMT) when it developed technical problems and downed, injuring two crews," Saleh told Xinhua.
However, no official from the Defense Ministry was immediately available to make comment.
This is the third chopper crash in the conflict-ridden Afghanistan over the past two days.
A helicopter of NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission crashed in Kabul on Sunday and an Afghan army chopper crashed in the central Bamyan province on Monday.
