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| Afghan general dies in air crash | Afghan general dies in air crash |
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| One of Afghanistan's top army officers and 12 other soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in the west of the country, the defence ministry says. | One of Afghanistan's top army officers and 12 other soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in the west of the country, the defence ministry says. |
| It said the helicopter carrying Gen Fazaludin Sayar crashed in Herat province because of bad weather. | It said the helicopter carrying Gen Fazaludin Sayar crashed in Herat province because of bad weather. |
| Gen Sayar was one of the Afghan army's four regional commanders and in charge of the west of the country. | Gen Sayar was one of the Afghan army's four regional commanders and in charge of the west of the country. |
| The delegation he was leading had been on its way to visit an army base in neighbouring Farah province. | |
| The BBC's Martin Patience, in Afghanistan, says the Afghan security forces are still heavily dependent on old Russian aircraft to transport their troops. | |
| And he says questions have been raised about safety standards in the past. | |
| A military official told AFP news agency that the other people who died in the crash were the corps operations chief, its telecommunications official, five bodyguards, four crew and the general's chief-of-staff. |