US troops killed in Afghanistan

Eleven American soldiers have died following two separate helicopter crashes in Afghanistan today.

Eleven American soldiers have died following two separate helicopter crashes in Afghanistan today.

The NATO-led force said at least seven U.S. soldiers died in a helicopter crash in western Afghanistan and four others in a separate mid-air helicopter collision in the south.

NATO said seven U.S. service members and three U.S. civilians were killed when a helicopter they were aboard crashed in western Afghanistan following an operation against insurgents in which a dozen Taliban fighters were killed.

In a separate incident four U.S. service members were killed and two injured when two helicopters operated by NATO-led troops collided in mid-air in southern Afghanistan.

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Reuters