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Aug 6, 8:33 AM EDT
Afghan president: 31 Americans killed in crash
By SOLOMON MOORE
Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A military helicopter crashed in eastern Afghanistan, killing 31 U.S. special operation troops and seven Afghan commandos, the country’s president said Saturday. An American official said it was apparently shot down, in the deadliest single incident for American forces in the decade-long war.
The Taliban claimed they downed the helicopter with rocket fire while it was taking part in a raid on a house where insurgents were gathered in the province of Wardak late Friday. It said wreckage of the craft was strewn at the scene.
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Sadly. It’s time to come home. Even before this. This just is another avoidable tragedy.
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