Military helicopter crashes in Afghanistan - official

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A military helicopter crashed in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, causing casualties, but it was not yet clear whether the aircraft was Afghan or foreign, a senior intelligence official said.

The helicopter crashed in the northern part of the Hindu Kush mountains in Baghlan province, said the province's intelligence chief General Majid.

He said the helicopter had not been shot down.

Officials for both NATO-led forces and foreign troops under the U.S. military command said all of their aircraft had been accounted for.

Afghan security officials in Kabul were not immediately available for comment.

A senior Afghan army general in the northern region, Murad Ali Murad, confirmed a military helicopter had crashed, but said the aircraft did not belong to Afghan troops.

Foreign troops sometimes charter aircraft operated by foreign security firms, mostly for cargo, aruond the mountainous nation.

(Reporting by Mohammad Hamid, Writing by Sayed Salahuddin, Editing by Ron Popeski)