At least 10 people were injured in the incident which happend shortly after take off in Paktia, Shah Mohammad Aryan, a spokesman for police of Paktika, where the helicopter was heading, told 1TV.
It was not immediately clear what caused the crash.
A source told 1TV that the helicopter was carrying also Paktika's chiefs of police and intelligence and it crashed into army corps headquarters.
It comes hours after another Afghan military helicopter crashed in western Farah province, that killed two pilots.
Source : Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)