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8 Injured In Hard Helicopter Landing In Kandahar

August 19 2010

Afghanistan

A NATO helicopter with 19 people on board was forced to make a hard landing Thursday in southern Afghanistan, Bloomberg News reports.

The incident took place in Kandahar province, NATO officials said.

Eight coalition members were reportedly injured. Enemy fire was not involved in the incident, CNN reported.

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