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| US Hercules plane 'crashes in Afghanistan airport' | US Hercules plane 'crashes in Afghanistan airport' |
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| A US Hercules aircraft has crashed at an airport in Afghanistan, news agencies report. | A US Hercules aircraft has crashed at an airport in Afghanistan, news agencies report. |
| The C-130 plane crashed at around midnight local time (19:30 GMT) in Jalalabad airport. | |
| Reuters said it is not yet known whether there are any casualties among those on board. | Reuters said it is not yet known whether there are any casualties among those on board. |
| The C-130 is a military aircraft primarily used to carry troops and heavy cargo. | The C-130 is a military aircraft primarily used to carry troops and heavy cargo. |
| Close to 10,000 US troops are still stationed in Afghanistan after plans for a gradual withdrawal were changed earlier this year. | |
| President Obama has promised to leave only a small force in Afghanistan, based in the US embassy, by the end of 2016. | |
| Some 1,000 foreign troops are based in eastern Afghanistan, where the crash occurred, according to Nato. They are working alongside 40,000 Afghan troops. | |
| In July, a Hercules plane owned by Indonesia's military crashed in a residential part of Medan, in northern Indonesia. | |
| More than 140 people were killed, and it later emerged a number of civilians were being transported in the plane. |