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Monday, January 27, 2020
US army investigating crash, purportedly of military plane, in Taliban-held area
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe US military says that it is investigating reports of an airplane crash in Taliban-controlled territory in Afghanistan.
US Army Maj. Beth Riordan, a spokeswoman for US Central Command, says that it remains unclear whose aircraft was involved in the crash.
Riordan declines to immediately comment further.
However, pictures on social media purportedly from the crash site show what could be the remains of a Bombardier E-11A aircraft, which the US military uses for electronic surveillance over Afghanistan.
Oh f*ck.????
We have a winner.@usairforce, Bombardier E-11A. pic.twitter.com/4uT2TgMKTz— Julian Röpcke???????? (@JulianRoepcke) January 27, 2020
Local Afghan officials had said earlier today that a passenger place from Afghanistan’s Ariana Airlines had crashed in the Taliban-held area of the eastern Ghazni province. However, Ariana Airlines told The Associated Press that none of its planes had crashed in Afghanistan.
— AP
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