formatting linkWASHINGTON (AP) - Helicopters carrying three senior U.S. senators> made emergency landings Thursday in the mountains of Afghanistan> because of a snowstorm. Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck> Hagel were aboard the aircraft. No one was injured, according a> statement from Kerry's office. The senators and their delegation> returned to Bagram Air Base in a motor convoy, and have left for> Turkey.
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> "After several hours, the senators were evacuated by American troops
> and returned overland to Bagram Air Base, and left for their next
> scheduled stop in Ankara, Turkey," the Kerry statement said. "Sen.
> Kerry thanks the American troops, who were terrific as always and who
> continue to do an incredible job in Afghanistan."
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> The lawmakers were on a trip this week that included stops in India,
> Turkey and Pakistan, where they observed the elections earlier this > week.
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> Kerry and Biden are Democrats from Massachusetts and Delaware,
> respectively, and the Republican Hagel is from Nebraska.
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