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Eleven dead as US plane crashes at Afghanistan airport | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
An American C-130 transport plane has crashed at Jalalabad airport in Afghanistan, killing six crew members and five civilian contractors, a US military spokesman said on Thursday. | |
“The crew and passengers were killed,” US Army Colonel Brian Tribus said. There were no reports of enemy fire at the time and the incident was under investigation. | |
The incident took place at about midnight (1930 GMT on Thursday). | The incident took place at about midnight (1930 GMT on Thursday). |
The contractors had been working for “Resolute Support,” the NATO-led training mission. | |
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There are about 1,000 coalition forces in eastern Afghanistan, including American and Polish forces as well as about 40,000 Afghan troops, according to Nato. | |
The US has about 9,800 troops in Afghanistan, where there has been fierce fighting over the northern city of Kunduz after it was taken by the Taliban in September. | |
US troop numbers are expected to go down a bit by the end of the year. |