1.   A helicopter crew was dispatched to rescue the downed pilot, who suffered scrapes and bruises.

2.   An ambulance carrying a military escort was dispatched to rescue them but also came under fire, and the rebels killed four more soldiers.

3.   An ambulance carrying a military escort was dispatched to rescue them, but the vehicle also came under fire and the rebels killed four more soldiers.

4.   Bad weather is believed to have caused the crash of a U.S. helicopter inside Afghanistan on Friday night, which was dispatched to rescue a sick soldier.

5.   Soldiers were dispatched to rescue residents, some of them clinging to trees to escape swirling waters.

6.   Two choppers were dispatched to rescue them but a powerful storm and low visibility hampered the search, the ITAR-Tass news agency said.