A Pakistani military helicopter has crashed in the south-west of the country, killing all six soldiers on board, the military said on Monday.
The dead included two officers. The crash happened on Sunday night during a “flying mission” near Harnai in the province of Balochistan, the military's public relations wing said.
No reason was given for the crash.
The incident on Monday comes nearly two months after an army general and five others were killed in the same province when their helicopter crashed during a relief mission in a flood-hit area.
Helicopters and boats have been used in the past several weeks to evacuate flooded parts of the country, including Balochistan and Rajanpur, a district in the eastern Punjab province.
At the UN last week, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif told AP that crops on four million acres were washed away.
The government says there is no immediate worry about food supplies.
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A boy wades through floodwater at Sohbatpur, Balochistan province. AFP -
Millions of people were displaced by the floods in Pakistan. AFP -
Basic food is in short supply in many areas. EPA -
Motorways in Sehwan are flooded, making road travel impossible. Reuters -
People take shelter inside a school in the aftermath of floods in Karachi. EPA -
Much of the country remains submerged after torrential monsoon rain. Reuters -
Displaced families queue for relief aid in Jaffarabad. AP -
Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie attends a briefing at the National Flood Response and Coordination Centre in Islamabad. She said she was horrified by the aftermath of the flooding. Reuters -
A pregnant woman carries water as she take a refuge at a camp in Jaffarabad. AP -
Displaced flood-affected families travel on a tractor trailer with their belongings near a makeshift camp at Dera Allah Yar in Jaffarabad. AFP -
Edhi rescue workers search for bodies of flood victims who were washed away in the Indus river near Hyderabad, Sindh province. EPA -
Food rations to be distributed to flood-affected people are sorted in Larkana. EPA -
About 160 bridges and 5,000km of roads have been destroyed or damaged, 3.5 million acres of crops affected and about 800,000 livestock lost nationwide. AFP -
More than 33 million people have been affected by floods in Pakistan. AP
