Afghan Mi-17 crash kills eight

A Afghan Air Force Mi-17 military helicopter on a mission went down in Dand Ghori district on Oct. 9. Eight on board were killed in the crash.

Afghan National Army Air Corps Mi-17 helicopter
By U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Keith Brown [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

A Defense Ministry spokesman, Dawlat Waziri, attributed the crash to a ‘technical fault.’