US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

[Barrett808]

US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
www.chinaview.cn 2006-03-09 19:49:58

KABUL, March 9 (Xinhuanet) -- A U.S. military chopper crashed in a mountainous area between Wardak and Ghazni provinces some 100 km south of here on Thursday, local officials said.

"The incident occurred around noon and it crashed inside Wardak territory," Ghazni's police chief Abdul Rahman Sarjang told Xinhua.

He did not give more details.

Confirming the incident, police chief of Wardak province Pacha Gul Bakhtiary also told Xinhua that personnel of law enforcing agencies had been sent to the area to locate the chopper's wreckage.

"Police have yet to spot the wreckage or identify the reason behind the incident or if there were any casualties," Bakhtiary asserted.

No U.S. military official was immediately available to make any comment on the issue.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/09/content_4282077.htm

[file83]

1. Here is the area the crash occured:

It's the mountainous region "between Wardak and Ghazni provinces".
Google Maps

[Barrett808]

2. Looks a bit...rocky. n/t

[0007]

4. Hell of a map....thanks.

[Roland99]

5. Hey! Is that bin Laden I see??

[henslee]

7. Yup, he's the one barbecueing shwarma outside the camo Winebago.

[UpInArms]

3. Ghengis Khan was the last ruler to conquer Afghanistan

http://journalism.berkeley.edu/projects/arccrisis/afghan-aftimeline.html

[daleo]

6. There hasn't been an update on this yet

It makes you wonder.