Nato chopper crash kills 16 in Afghanistan

A Nato helicopter crashed into a house on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday, killing 12 Turkish soldiers on board and four Afghan civilians on the ground, Turkey's military and a senior Afghan police official said.
"Twelve of our military personnel on board the helicopter have been martyred," the Turkish general staff said in a statement in Ankara. A team had been sent to the scene to investigate, it said.
Two women and two children were among those killed when the helicopter crashed into the house.
The cause of the crash appeared to be a technical fault.