Team of US soldiers missing in Afghanistan

A SMALL team of American soldiers was missing last night in the same mountains in eastern Afghanistan where a special forces helicopter was shot down earlier this week.

Team of US soldiers missing in Afghanistan

US forces said they are using "every available asset" to find them.

The MH-47 Chinook helicopter with 16 people on board who all died in the crash had gone into the mountains on Tuesday to extract the soldiers who are now missing. The team on the ground has been unaccounted for since the chopper was downed, US military spokesperson Lt Col Jerry O'Hara said.

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