Helicopter missing in south Afghanistan

[maddezmom]

KABUL, Dec 2 (Reuters) - A search is under way for a civilian helicopter that went missing in bad weather on Saturday while ferrying supplies for foreign forces in southern Afghanistan.

The chartered helicopter was headed from the capital of Kandahar province, Kandahar city, to the neighbouring province of Uruzgan when it went missing, a NATO spokesman said in Kabul.

There were no NATO personnel on board.

No further details were immediately available, including the type of helicopter or the number of people on board.

more:http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/breakingnews/view.asp?msgID=12906

[billyoc]

1. Relax, we'll be right back

after we drop off the opium. :evilgrin:

[maddezmom]

2. interesting comment, was thinking something similar s opium cultivation up 61%

Despite NATO, Afghan opium cultivation grows 61 percent
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061202/wl_sthasia_afp/usafghanistandrugs_061202093348