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Pentagon confirms 6 U.S. soldiers killed in plane crash in Afghanistan

Xinhua, October 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Pentagon on Friday confirmed six U.S. airmen were among the 11 killed in a crash of a U.S. military transport plane in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

"I was saddened to hear about the tragic C-130 crash which took the lives of six U.S. airmen and five civilian contractors in Jalalabad, Afghanistan," said U.S. defense chief Ash Carter in a statement.

The U.S. Air Force C-130J crashed at about 12:19 a.m. Friday local time at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, some 120 km east of Afghan capital of Kabul.

According to the U.S. military, it had already launched an investigation into the crash incident.

After ending the combat mission at the end of last year, the U.S. and NATO-led troops, 13,000 in total, are currently focused on training, advising and assisting local Afghan forces. Endit