By Andrew Rafferty, Staff Writer, NBC News
Five members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force died Monday after a helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan, the ISAF announced in a brief statement.
The cause of the crash is under investigation but, the statement said, "there was no enemy activity in the area at the time of the incident."
The names and nationalities of the troops killed were not released as of Monday night.
Earlier in the day two U.S. service members and three Afghans were killed in a possible insider attack at a special forces site in Afghanistan. The gunman was dressed in an Afghan National Security Forces uniform.
The attack, which occurred shortly after newly appointed Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel concluded his first trip as head of the Pentagon, was just the latest in a string of bad news centered on the United State's relationship with Afghanistan.
Hagel's rocky trip was marked criticism from Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the U.S. role in the country and the cancellation of a joint press conference due to "security concerns."
There have been 18 coalition deaths this year.
Courtney Kube and Jim Miklaszewski contributed to this report.
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