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Two coalition service members die in NATO helicopter crash in Afghanistan

Posted at 8:22 AM, Apr 09, 2013
and last updated 2013-04-09 16:45:01-04

By CNN Staff

(CNN) -- Two coalition service members died following a helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said.

ISAF didn't release the service members' nationalities or the precise location of the crash.

The cause of the crash is under investigation, but preliminary information indicates that no enemy activity was in the area at the time, ISAF said.

CNN's Barbara Starr contributed to this report.

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