<p>Nato troops tried to ascertain on Sunday if Taliban insurgents had shot down a troop-carrying helicopter in Afghanistan, killing 38 people in the largest loss of life suffered by foreign troops in a single incident in 10 years of war.<br /><br />In what has proved to be a bloody two days for foreign forces in Afghanistan, another two unidentified Nato troops were killed in two separate attacks by insurgents in Afghanistan’s violent east and south, the coalition said.<br /><br />Thirty US soldiers — some from the Navy’s special forces SEAL Team 6, the unit that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden — seven Afghans and an interpreter died in Friday night’s crash which came just two weeks after foreign troops began a security handover to Afghan forces.<br /><br />The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for bringing down the helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade. A US official in Washington said the helicopter was believed to have been shot down.</p>
<p>Nato troops tried to ascertain on Sunday if Taliban insurgents had shot down a troop-carrying helicopter in Afghanistan, killing 38 people in the largest loss of life suffered by foreign troops in a single incident in 10 years of war.<br /><br />In what has proved to be a bloody two days for foreign forces in Afghanistan, another two unidentified Nato troops were killed in two separate attacks by insurgents in Afghanistan’s violent east and south, the coalition said.<br /><br />Thirty US soldiers — some from the Navy’s special forces SEAL Team 6, the unit that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden — seven Afghans and an interpreter died in Friday night’s crash which came just two weeks after foreign troops began a security handover to Afghan forces.<br /><br />The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for bringing down the helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade. A US official in Washington said the helicopter was believed to have been shot down.</p>