Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other senior officials including 1st VP Amrullah Saleh Thursday attended the funeral ceremony of Afghan air force pilots and crew members, who were killed in a choppers' collision on Wednesday in southwestern Helmand province.

The AAF service members were killed in Helmand in the early hours of Wednesday morning when two military helicopters collided with each other shortly after takeoff from Nawa district of the province.

President commended the dedication and commitment of those killed and said “the government will always support families of the martyred military men”.

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