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Kabul : A civilian cargo plane crashed shortly after take-off at a huge US-run airfield in Afghanistan on
Monday, officials said, adding that there was no
reported insurgent activity in the area at the time. The plane came down inside the airfield
boundaries and rescue crews rushed to the scene,
said a NATO spokeswoman at Bagram, a key
transport hub for US-led military operations in
Afghanistan. The spokeswomen told AFP that no information
was available on how many people were on
board the flight from Bagram, 50 kilometres (30
miles) north of Kabul, or on any casualty figures. Aircraft crashes are fairly frequent in Afghanistan,
where the 100,000-strong international military
mission relies heavily on air transport as it battles
the Taliban insurgency across the country. A NATO plane crashed in the south on Saturday,
killing four service members, in another incident
that the coalition said was not due to insurgent
fire.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/cargo-plane-crashes-at-afghan-airbase-nato-360652
Monday, officials said, adding that there was no
reported insurgent activity in the area at the time. The plane came down inside the airfield
boundaries and rescue crews rushed to the scene,
said a NATO spokeswoman at Bagram, a key
transport hub for US-led military operations in
Afghanistan. The spokeswomen told AFP that no information
was available on how many people were on
board the flight from Bagram, 50 kilometres (30
miles) north of Kabul, or on any casualty figures. Aircraft crashes are fairly frequent in Afghanistan,
where the 100,000-strong international military
mission relies heavily on air transport as it battles
the Taliban insurgency across the country. A NATO plane crashed in the south on Saturday,
killing four service members, in another incident
that the coalition said was not due to insurgent
fire.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/cargo-plane-crashes-at-afghan-airbase-nato-360652
