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Your support makes all the difference.Twelve people died today when a Turkish helicopter crashed into a house near the Afghan capital Kabul.
Ten of the victims were on board the aircraft and two were on the ground.
Authorities were trying to determine the nationalities of the people who were in the helicopter when it crashed. Some of the bodies were almost completely burned.
The house hit by the helicopter collapsed. Rescue workers were searching through the rubble to determine whether there were any more casualties.
Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu confirmed that a Turkish helicopter crashed near Kabul, but he did not have information about casualties.
Mr Davutoglu said the Turkish commander of the Kabul regional command has left for the area.
The aircraft went down in the Hassian Khail area of the Bagrami district of Kabul province.
It was unclear what caused the helicopter to crash.
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