U.S. Military Plane Crashes In Afghanistan; Both Passengers Killed

 A U.S. military plane crashed Monday in a Taliban-controlled area of Afghanistan, killing both passengers on board, according to NPR, after earlier reports said there were up to 100 casualties and that the plane was a commercial plane.

CBS News reported that the plane crashed in Ghazni province, about 100 miles south of Kabul.

According to Reuters, a spokesman for the US Armed Forces confirmed that the plane was an E-11A military aircraft, and that "there was no indication that the accident was caused by enemy fire.”

The Associated Press reported that the US military is investigating the crash, and that it is unclear who the plane belonged to.

Local officials initially believed the plane belonged to state-owned operator Ariana Airlines, but a Facebook page allegedly run by the company published a strongly worded denial.

According to CBS News, Afghanistan's Civil Aviation Authority said it received no reports of a civilian plane crashing, meaning the plane could have been a military or cargo plane.

Earlier, Ghazni province spokesman Arif Noori told NBC News that there are about 100 bodies at the crash site and that officials are looking for more, but had previously told CBS News that the bodies of two pilots were recovered without mentioning additional casualties.

What to watch: Noori told CBS News that winter conditions in the region and Taliban control could hamper efforts to access the crash site. A Taliban spokesman told the BBC that he has not yet located the plane.

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Key background: according to the AP, Afghanistan's last major commercial accident occurred in 2005, when a Kam Air flight traveling from Herat to Kabul crashed into the mountains. The ongoing war in the region has also seen a number of military air accidents. In 2013, an American Boeing 747 carrying seven service members crashed shortly after takeoff from Bagram Air base near Kabul, killing everyone on board. An investigation by the United States. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found that the military vehicles on board the cargo plane were not properly secured and changed during flight, causing damage and making the aircraft “uncontrollable.”

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