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At least 12 soldiers and 4 civilians killed in Afghanistan

KABUL: 12 Turkish soldiers and 4 Afghan civilians were killed when a NATO helicopter crashed into a house on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday.

“Twelve of our military personnel on board the helicopter have been martyred,” the Turkish general staff said in a statement in Ankara.

Two women and two children were among the killed civilians. A technical fault was seems to be the main reason behind the crash. “Both the location and the way the crash happened makes the impression that it’s due to technical failure,” Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told reporters.

“It’s a cause of great pain. I am sending my condolences once again to the families and the general staff.”

Wreckage as well as corpses and body parts littered the site. Relief workers and Turkish soldiers covered bodies with red and purple blankets on a ground in front of a smoking hole in a two storey house.

Turkey’s mission in Afganistan is limited to paroling.

In January, six U.S. Marines were killed in a helicopter crash, which followed the death of 30 American personnel, including 22 Navy SEAL commandos, in August last year.

(Sources: Reuters)

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