Chopper crashes in Afghanistan kill 14 AmericansFourteen Americans were killed and more than 25 other people injured in two military helicopter crashes in Afghanistan on Monday, one of them an apparent mid-air collision A mid-air collision (MAC) is an aviation accident where two or more aircraft come into unplanned contact during flight. Due to the high velocities involved in modern aviation, this usually results in very severe damage (if not total destruction) of all aircraft involved. , NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. said. The deaths made Monday one of the deadliest single days in Afghanistan for foreign civilian and military personnel working to help rebuild the country and defeat a Taliban insurgency The Taliban insurgency started shortly after the group's fall from power following the 2001 war in Afghanistan. The Taliban continue to attack Afghan, ISAF and U.S. army troops and many terrorist incidents attributable to them have been registered. , eight years after the US-led invasion. One helicopter crashed in western Afghanistan due to "unconfirmed reasons," NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF ISAF International Security Assistance Force (UN program) ISAF International Sailing Federation ISAF International Shark Attack File ISAF Israeli Air Force ISAF Information Security Awareness Forum ) said in a statement, adding: "The cause is not believed to be from enemy action." Ten Americans were killed and 26 other people wounded in the incident, but the military released neither the type of helicopter involved nor immediately specified whether all the casualties had been on board. "Seven US service members and three US civilians were killed," ISAF said. "Those injured include 14 Afghan service members, 11 US service members and one US civilian," it added. An ISAF official earlier told AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. on condition of anonymity that the crash happened in Badghis province, an area where Taliban activity, much of it related to opium production, has been escalating in recent months. Another four US service members were killed and two other soldiers wounded in an apparent mid-air collision between two helicopters in southern Afghanistan, NATO said in an earlier statement. Helicopters are a key asset in transporting military and cargo for foreign forces given Afghanistan's rugged terrain and the presence of Taliban insurgents Insurgents, in U.S. history, the Republican Senators and Representatives who in 1909–10 rose against the Republican standpatters controlling Congress, to oppose the Payne-Aldrich tariff and the dictatorial power of House speaker Joseph G. Cannon. . Colonel Wayne Shanks, of the US Army, said that investigations into both incidents were being hampered by "combat conditions". "This is where we see the nexus between the insurgency and the narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. trade," he said, adding that a dozen insurgents were killed in the operation that the chopper brigade was involved in out west. "These were bad guys doing bad things to the people of Afghanistan," he said. NATO and US troops are this year suffering the highest fatality rates since the deployment of foreign troops to Afghanistan in 2001. Monday's deaths bring the total toll for the year to 435, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an AFP tally based on the count by the independent icasualties.org website, which keeps a running tally. About half of this year's casualties have been US nationals. 
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