NATO: Troops in crash were after Taliban leader

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The U.S.-led coalition says that the 30 U.S. troops and seven Afghan soldiers who died in a weekend helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan were on a mission targeting a Taliban leader. In a statement released Monday evening, NATO said an insurgent with a rocket-propelled ...

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