A NATO helicopter crashed in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Sept 5, killing two NATO personnel in an area south of Kabul that is largely under Taliban control, officials said, according to AFP

The militia leading a decade-long insurgency against foreign troops claimed to have shot down two helicopters in Logar province, but Nato said the cause of the crash was under investigation.

The militants are known to make exaggerated claims.

“An ISAF helicopter has crashed in eastern Afghanistan, resulting in two Isaf fatalities. We are investigating,” a spokesman for NATO’s US-led International Security Assistance Force told AFP.

The administration in Logar said the area, 13 kilometers north of the provincial capital Puli Alam, is mostly controlled by the Taliban.

“There was a helicopter incident in Baboos area, which is an area largely under Taliban control,” said provincial spokesman Din Mohammad Darwish.

The area was “inaccessible” to Afghan forces, he added.

In a statement on their website, the Taliban claimed to have used rockets to shoot down two American helicopters, killing “tens of invaders”.