A Nato fighter jet has crashed at an airbase in southern Afghanistan, a day after a civilian helicopter crash at the same base killed 16 people. The two pilots ejected from the jet when it crashed inside the Kandahar air field, a Nato spokesman said. They are being treated at the base hospital.
Involvement of insurgents in the crash has been ruled out, officials say.
On Sunday a Russian-built helicopter crashed at the airfield apparently as it was trying to take off.
At least 16 civilians were killed and five others injured in the crash.
Captain Ruben Hoorncelv, a spokesman for the Nato-led force, told the Associated Press news agency that the cause of Monday’s crash was unclear.
He said the jet caught fire and crashed on the airfield.
On Monday, a Russian-built Mi-8 transport helicopter, owned the Russian air company Vertical-T, crashed at the airfield, killing 16 civilians.
The nationalities of the dead are not yet known.
Kandahar airfield is Nato’s largest air base in southern Afghanistan but the BBC’s Martin Patience in Kabul says a lot of civilian aircraft fly in and out so there is no surprise this was a civilian crash.