(MENAFN) A local official declared that over 5 Afghan army personnel were wounded after a military chopper hit the ground while landing in southern province of Kandahar overnight.
Provincial government spokesman Aziz Ahmad Azizi confirmed: "The incident took place outside Kandahar airport in Daman district shortly after Afghan Air Force helicopter took off from the airport in Daman late Sunday night."
He added that the wounded were not in critical states and were all shifted to an army camp.
The official confirmed the militants' activities at the area, adding that the reason behind the crash in the province, 450 km south of Kabul, was mechanical error.
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