GOC among 8 killed in Wana chopper crash

WANA: A General Officer Commanding (GOC) Kohat, two brigadiers, among eight army personnel killed in a helicopter crash in the restive South Waziristan region on Wednesday. The army Bell helicopter carrying GOC Maj Gen Javed Sultan crashed because of a technical fault near the Afghan border, an army spokesman told the Statesman. The officers who were killed included: Major General Javed Sultan, Brigadier Afzal Cheema, Brigadier Saeed Khan, Lieutenant Colonel Omar Farooq, Captain Shehzad, Captain Naveed (Pilot),