**A helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, Nato and UK military officials say.**Nato said the aircraft was carrying civilian workers and that two people had died, AFP news agency reported.
US military spokeswoman Lt Cmdr Christine Sidenstricker also said the helicopter was a civilian aircraft.
US, UK and Afghan forces have spent recent weeks on an offensive in Helmand aiming to boost security for polls.
It was not immediately clear why the aircraft came down in the Sangin district on Tuesday, or to whom it belonged.
Sangin district official Fazlul Haq told Reuters news agency: “It was in the sky on fire and then went down.”