Ten people have been killed in a crash of a US military transport aircraft at an airport in Afghanistan, a US military spokesman said.
He added that there were no reports of enemy fire at the time and the incident was under investigation.
An American C-130 transport aircraft has crashed in Afghanistan at Jalalabad airport around 7.30pm, a US Defence official has confirmed.
The status of passenger members and crew on the plane was unknown, the official said.
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