Militants claim responsibility for deadly crash near Jalalabad airport but US army says there was no indication of enemy fireThe US has denied Taliban claims they shot down an American cargo plane in eastern Afghanistan. The C-130 plane crashed at approximately midnight on Thursday,killing six soldiers and five civilian contractors. The US said there was no sign of hostile fire.“With high confidence, it does not appear at this time that enemy fire was involved in the aircraft crash. We contain first responders on scene working at the crash site doing recovery operations. An investigation is under way to determine the cause of the accident, or ” said Maj Tony Wickman of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram.
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Source: theguardian.com