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8 U.S. troops hurt in Afghanistan
YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS(CNN) -- A pair of U.S. helicopters made emergency landings in Afghanistan Sunday after being hit by enemy fire, a U.S. military statement said, injuring five U.S. soldiers and one Afghan National Army soldier. According to the Coalition Press Information Center, the two CH-47 Chinook helicopters were involved in offensive operations in southern Afghanistan at the time they were attacked and were forced to make hard landings. "One of the helicopters had to make an immediate controlled landing. The other aircraft was able to return to a nearby forward operating base," Monday's statement said. None of the injuries were serious, according to the U.S. military, and all of the injured soldiers have been treated and released. Also three U.S. soldiers were wounded Sunday when a roadside bomb exploded near their convoy as they conducted combat operations southwest of Deh Chopan, a military statement said. The soldiers are in stable condition and are receiving medical treatment at Kandahar Airfield. 
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