Two coalition soldier killed in helicopter crash

Kabul  - Two service-members were killed as a US-led forces helicopter crashed near southern Kandahar province, military statement said on Friday.

The US military said the cause of Thursday's crash was under investigation. A military statement issued from the Bagram Airbase, the coalition forces ruled out enemy fire as a cause of the chopper going down.

Pending notification of next of kin, names and nationalities of the soldiers killed in the incident were withheld. Details of Thursday's crash were not immediately available. (dpa)