KABUL Sat Apr 26, 2014 7:14am EDT
<span id="articleText"/>KABUL (Reuters) - Five NATO-led service members were killed when a helicopter crashed due to technical failure in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the coalition forces and a provincial official said.
<span id="midArticle_0"/>"ISAF is still in the process of reviewing the circumstances to determine more facts," the International Security Assistance Force said. It did not provide details of their nationalities.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>A spokesman for Kandahar Governor Tooryalai Wesa confirmed the crash occurred near Kandahar City.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>"Today at 11 am (0630 GMT) an ISAF helicopter crashed due to technical problems in Takhteh Pol district. As a result five ISAF soldiers were killed," spokesman Dawakhan Minapal said.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>Foreign forces casualties have fallen in the past few months, as U.S.-led forces start to wind down operations ahead of a year-end deadline to leave Afghanistan.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>The United States has been at odds with President Hamid Karzai who has refused U.S. entreaties to sign a bilateral security agreement that would permit about 8,000 U.S. troops to remain in the country after the formal U.S. withdrawal at the end of the year.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>The leading contenders to replace Karzai have, however, said they will sign the agreement to allow the small contingent of U.S. forces to stay in the country for counter-terrorism and Afghan training purposes.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>Since the start of the year, nearly twice as many foreign civilians have been killed in attacks this year compared to foreign troops. At least 24 foreign civilians, including doctors and journalists, have been shot or killed in bomb attacks.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>(Reporting by Jeremy Laurence; Editing by Kim Coghill and Raissa Kasolowsky)
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<span id="articleText"/>KABUL (Reuters) - Five NATO-led service members were killed when a helicopter crashed due to technical failure in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the coalition forces and a provincial official said.
<span id="midArticle_0"/>"ISAF is still in the process of reviewing the circumstances to determine more facts," the International Security Assistance Force said. It did not provide details of their nationalities.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>A spokesman for Kandahar Governor Tooryalai Wesa confirmed the crash occurred near Kandahar City.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>"Today at 11 am (0630 GMT) an ISAF helicopter crashed due to technical problems in Takhteh Pol district. As a result five ISAF soldiers were killed," spokesman Dawakhan Minapal said.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>Foreign forces casualties have fallen in the past few months, as U.S.-led forces start to wind down operations ahead of a year-end deadline to leave Afghanistan.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>The United States has been at odds with President Hamid Karzai who has refused U.S. entreaties to sign a bilateral security agreement that would permit about 8,000 U.S. troops to remain in the country after the formal U.S. withdrawal at the end of the year.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>The leading contenders to replace Karzai have, however, said they will sign the agreement to allow the small contingent of U.S. forces to stay in the country for counter-terrorism and Afghan training purposes.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>Since the start of the year, nearly twice as many foreign civilians have been killed in attacks this year compared to foreign troops. At least 24 foreign civilians, including doctors and journalists, have been shot or killed in bomb attacks.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>(Reporting by Jeremy Laurence; Editing by Kim Coghill and Raissa Kasolowsky)
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