Two people were killed and as many wounded in southern Kandahar province when an Afghan National Army (ANA)’s helicopter crash-landed on Saturday, officials said.

Kandahar police spokesman Zia Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Maroof district before noon.
He confirmed the casualties and added the helicopter crashed due emergency landing.
Javed Ghafor, Ministry of Defense (MoD) spokesman, blamed the crash on technical issues and confirmed two individuals onboard were killed and two others wounded. However, he did not reveal the victims’ identities.
Another security official, who did not want to be named, the chopper crash-landed after hitting a tank while landing.
According to MoD, it was eighth incident of chopper crash in the past eight months.