A NATO helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan Saturday, killing one coalition member and injuring another, dpa cited officials as saying. "This evening, a military OH-58 helicopter crashed in Daman district of Kandahar province," Javed Faisal, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said. He said the helicopter that was being used for surveillance. NATO official Luca Carnel confirmed the helicopter crash, saying one coalition member was killed and one injured. They were the only people onboard, he said. The nationalities of the two were not disclosed. The cause of the crash was not known but there was no enemy activity in the area when the accident took place, Carnel said. Last week, five US soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in Kandahar outskirts.
