Tuesday, July 5, 2011 10:57:00 PM EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? A cargo plane crashed into a mountaintop in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.
The plane hit a mountain peak late Tuesday night, said Sayed Aleem Agha, the top official in Sayagred district of Parwan province, north of Kabul.
Agha said he fears that crew members were killed, but that rescue workers had not yet arrived at the crash site.
"I saw a huge fire as a result of the crash," he said. "My guess is that it was a big cargo plane because the fire lasted for a long time."
Abdul Shakoor, a police official in neighboring Shinwari district, also said that a cargo plane had crashed into the mountain.
British Maj. Tim James, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, said the plane, which he said crashed about 12,500 feet (3,800 meters) up the mountain, was not a coalition aircraft. There was no insurgent activity in the area at the time of the crash, he said.
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Source: http://www.mail.com/news/world/539996-britains-cameron-to-taliban-join-afghan-politics.html
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