Press Release

Date of Release:  - 07 April 2005 

Presidential Palace, Kabul – H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, deplores the death of 16 people in a Coalition Forces helicopter crash yesterday near Ghazni, Afghanistan.

In his reaction to the news, the President said: “I deeply deplore this incident, which took the lives of people contributing to stability and security in Afghanistan. I present mine and the Afghan people’s condolences to the families of the victims”.

Released by the Office of the Spokesman to the President

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan