MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Sept 2, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – At least three
people were rescued after an Afghan army helicopter crashed near an army base
in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh on Sunday, an army source said.
“The incident occurred at 7:55 a.m. local time near army Corps 209 Shaheen
on outskirts of provincial capital Mazar-i-Sharif city. The chopper crashed
and caught fire shortly after taking off from the base and an investigation
has been launched into the incident,” Hanif Rezai, spokesman of the army
corps, told Xinhua.
The initial information said the helicopter was carrying 10 people and fate
of the remaining seven army personnel was not known immediately, Rezai added.
The rescued people, including a pilot, were shifted to a hospital in the
army base.
Further information will be released later in the day, he said.