By SPA,
Kandahar, Afghanistan : Insurgents fired a rocket that hit a NATO helicopter carrying the governor of a key Southern Afghan province, but no one was injured, officials said.
A series of clashes, airstrikes and bomb blasts elsewhere in the country killed 10 insurgents and four civilians Saturday.
Helmand Gov. Ghulab Mangal and a delegation of British officials were about to land in the provincial town of Musa Qala when an insurgent rocket-propelled grenade struck the CH-47 Chinook helicopter, Mangal told The Associated Press.
The grenade hit the tail end of the chopper, said Maj. Martin O’Donnell, a spokesman for NATO’s International Security Assistance Force.
There was a minor damage to shaft and the rear blade, O’Donnell said. The helicopter landed under control at a nearby NATO base.