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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The death toll from the fiery crash of a U.S. helicopter in Afghanistan rose to 18 after searchers found the remains of two more American soldiers in the wreckage, the military said Saturday.
Investigators dispatched from the United States were heading to the site of Wednesday's crash, the deadliest for Americans since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, to examine whether bad weather was to blame.
Thirteen U.S. service members and three civilian contractors were initially confirmed dead in the crash of the CH-47 Chinook near Ghazni, 80 miles south of the Afghan capital, Kabul.
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