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Afghan crashes kill 14 Americans | |
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At least 14 Americans have been killed in a series of air crashes in Afghanistan, military officials say. | |
In the first incident, four US soldiers died and two were hurt when two helicopters collided mid-air in the south, Nato-led forces said. | |
In a separate incident seven soldiers and three civilians were killed in a helicopter crash in the west. | |
Hostile fire was ruled out as a cause of the collision but no cause has yet been identified for the crash. | |
Twelve Americans and 14 Afghans were injured in that incident. | |
This year has seen the highest death toll of international troops in Afghanistan since the Taliban were overthrown in 2001. | This year has seen the highest death toll of international troops in Afghanistan since the Taliban were overthrown in 2001. |
There have been dozens of American soldiers among those killed. | There have been dozens of American soldiers among those killed. |