Passenger plane crashes in central Afghan province, reports say citing officials
According to local media, the plane crashed in territory under Taliban control and Afghan special forces are to be sent to the crash site.Earlier reports that a plane was from the state-owned Ariana Afghan Airlines have since been denied by the carrier.
According to local media, the plane crashed in territory under Taliban control and Afghan special forces are to be sent to the crash site. The number of casualties was unclear, an official told Reuters. "There has been an airline crash but it does not belong to Ariana because the two flights managed by Ariana today from Herat to Kabul and Herat to Delhi are safe," Mirzakwal told Reuters.
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