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| Deadly Turkish army helicopter crash in Afghanistan | Deadly Turkish army helicopter crash in Afghanistan |
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| A Turkish army Sikorsky helicopter has fallen on a house in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least 12 Turkish soldiers and two children. | A Turkish army Sikorsky helicopter has fallen on a house in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least 12 Turkish soldiers and two children. |
| It crashed into a house in the suburb of Bagrami while on a peacekeeping mission, the Turkish military said. | It crashed into a house in the suburb of Bagrami while on a peacekeeping mission, the Turkish military said. |
| The cause of the crash has not been established, it added, and a Nato official said there were no reports of insurgent activity. | The cause of the crash has not been established, it added, and a Nato official said there were no reports of insurgent activity. |
| The deaths are the worst single loss of life of Turkish troops in Afghanistan. | |
| Turkey currently has 1,845 soldiers serving as peacekeepers. | |
| It is the only Muslim-majority member of Nato, which leads the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf). | It is the only Muslim-majority member of Nato, which leads the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf). |
| Turkish soldiers with Isaf are limited to patrols and do not take part in combat operations. | Turkish soldiers with Isaf are limited to patrols and do not take part in combat operations. |
| Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the helicopter appeared to crash while trying to make an emergency landing and that the pilot tried to avoid houses. | |
| "It is a grave accident, our grief is deep," he said. | |
| Afghan police said two children had been killed in the crash, as well as at least one woman, but it was not clear if the woman was on the helicopter. | Afghan police said two children had been killed in the crash, as well as at least one woman, but it was not clear if the woman was on the helicopter. |
| As searchers combed the rubble of the collapsed house, local resident Sayed Qayum said, quoted by the Associated Press news agency, that the helicopter had clipped one house before crashing into a second. | |
| Another, Asadullah Khan, described what had happened for Reuters news agency. | |
| "When this helicopter crashed into this house, a number of people who were watching the incident were wounded, including women and children," he said. | "When this helicopter crashed into this house, a number of people who were watching the incident were wounded, including women and children," he said. |
| "They were taken to the hospital. Two people in this house suffered burns." | "They were taken to the hospital. Two people in this house suffered burns." |