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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) - Five soldiers from Fort Campbell were among eight killed in a helicopter crash over the weekend in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
The military said the CH-47 Chinook was carrying 22 U.S. service members when it crashed Sunday in the Shahjoi district of Zabul province. Fourteen people on board survived.
The Fort Campbell soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), the Pentagon said.
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