NATO helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

Nato has said one of its aircraft has crashed in eastern Afghanistan.

A local Afghan official said it was a helicopter which came down because of technical problems.

The US-led International Security Assistance Force said one of its aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan today but could not provide details due to recovery operations.

It would not say what type of aircraft it was.

Mir Baz Khan, chief of the Pashir Wagam district in Nangarhar province, said the aircraft was a helicopter that crash-landed in an agricultural field.

Mr Khan said the helicopter came down because of technical difficulties but had no other details. He said there were no immediate reports of casualties and that another helicopter which was flying with the first one had landed near the crash site.