Senators make emergency landing in Afghanistan.

AP reports:

A helicopter carrying three senior U.S. senators has made an emergency landing in Afghanistan.

Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel were aboard the aircraft., according to Jon Summers, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The lawmakers are on a trip this week that includes stops in India, Turkey and Pakistan.

Kerry and Biden are Democrats from Massachusetts and Delaware, respectively, and the Republican Hagel is from Nebraska.

UPDATE: CNN reports that a snowstorm forced the senators’ helicopter to make the emergency landing. Biden’s press secretary notes, “There were no injuries and all members of the traveling party were safely transported to their destination at Bagram Air Base.”