US military spokeswoman reported today that there are approximately 18 people killed by the American helicopter crash in Afghanistan. There are still little hope to find two missing servicemen alive. Their names had been on the flight manifest and they remained unaccounted for.

"The likelihood is they did get on the flight," said US military spokeswoman Lt. Cindy Moore.
"We have 13 confirmed American servicemen dead and 3 civilians employed by the U.S. military as contractors," she added.

The CH 47 Chinook was caught by the a dust storm in Ghazni province, 80 miles southwest of Kabul, while on a "routine mission".

Moore said that "Indications are it was bad weather and that there were no survivors."