In Kabul a US helicopter carrying US and Afghan special forces has crashed in Afghanistan, killing 38 people.
Taliban hit the Chinook helicopter. US military sources say 31 Americans who died were from the Navy Seal unit which killed Osama Bin Laden, but are "unlikely" to be the same personnel.
The US officials has not confirmed the number of dead, which would be the largest single US loss of life in the Afghan conflict.
The Chinook was targeted overnight in Wardak province, said a statement from President Hamid Karzai's office, giving the numbers of those killed.
The Chinook was returning from an operation against the Taliban in which eight insurgents are believed to have been killed.
A senior official of Obama's administration said the helicopter was apparently shot down, Associated Press news agency said.
An official with the Nato-led coalition in Afghanistan told the helicopter was shot down with a rocket-propelled grenade.
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