Official: Helicopter crash kills 26 in NW Pakistan

By ASIF SHAHZAD, The Associated Press Persons injured by a suicide attack are admitted in a local hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan Thursday, July 2, 2009. Two bombs targeting police and government workers killed up to eight people and wounded scores more Thursday _ latest attacks to hit Pakistan as it battles Taliban insurgents near the border with Afghanistan.(AP Photo/B.K.Bangash) - AP ISLAMABAD — A military official says 26 security personnel have been killed in a helicopter crash in northwestern Pakistan. The official says the incident took place Friday and that a technical fault was to blame. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information to the media. Earlier, Pakistan's army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said a helicopter had crashed in the northwest, but gave no... [read full story]                    

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