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1st LD: At least 12 killed as U.S. transport plane crashes in Afghanistan

Xinhua, October 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

A U.S. transport plane crashed at a local airport in Jalalabad, capital city of Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar overnight Thursday, leaving 12 people dead, local sources said early on Friday.

"The C-130 American plane crashed at Jalalabad airport at around midnight, leaving the causalities," a local source told Xinhua anonymously.

Five U.S. military soldiers were among the killed, according to sources.

Details about the incident and cause of the crash remained unknown.

"There is no new information about the incident yet," a coalition spokesman, Toney Wickman, told Xinhua, adding more information will be released as appropriate.

On June last year, a C-130 four engine plane made an emergency landing in western Afghanistan and caused no casualties. Endi