Top Afghan army general killed in helicopter crash

Herat: The defence ministry says a top Afghan army general has been killed in a helicopter crash in western Afghanistan.

Gen. Fazaludin Sayar was one of the Afghan army's four regional commanders, in charge of the entire west of the country.

Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi says the aircraft crashed Thursday morning in bad weather. Twelve others aboard were also killed.

The helicopter was enroute from Farah province when it went down in the Adraskan district of neighbouring Herat, Farah's governor, Rohul Amin said.