including Navy SEALs from the broader unit that killed Osama bin Laden.
Besides, five more US soldiers, seven Afghan troops and an interpreter died in the crash of the helicopter during an anti-Taliban operation. This is the biggest single loss for American troops in the decade-long war. The Afghan Taliban claimed that its militants shot down the helicopter in Wardak province of Afghanistan.
U.S. President Barack Obama issued a statement paying tribute to the Americans and Afghans who died in the crash.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on August 6 expressed his sympathy for the victims of the crash.
The deaths bring to 375 the number of foreign troops killed this year in Afghanistan.