An Afghan army chopper made an emergency landing in the western Nimroz province on Monday, leaving a pilot injured, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.

According to the statement, the MD-530 helicopter made an emergency landing in Khashrod district of the Nimroz province at 11:45 a.m. local time and only the pilot was slightly injured.
However, the statement added that an investigation had been initiated to determine the cause of the incident.
In a similar accident on Jan. 25, four people were injured in the southern Helmand province. A U.S. military plane crashed in the eastern Ghazni province on Jan. 27, killing two Americans aboard.