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A US Hercules aircraft has crashed at an airport in Afghanistan, news agencies report.
The C-130 plane crashed at around midnight local time (19:30 GMT) in Jalalabad airport.
Reuters said it is not yet known whether there are any casualties among those on board.
The C-130 is a military aircraft primarily used to carry troops and heavy cargo.
Close to 10,000 US troops are still stationed in Afghanistan after plans for a gradual withdrawal were changed earlier this year.
President Obama has promised to leave only a small force in Afghanistan, based in the US embassy, by the end of 2016.
Some 1,000 foreign troops are based in eastern Afghanistan, where the crash occurred, according to Nato. They are working alongside 40,000 Afghan troops.
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption A US Hercules C-130 in Afghanistan, similar to the one that crashed (file picture) In July, a Hercules plane owned by Indonesia's military crashed in a residential part of Medan, in northern Indonesia.
More than 140 people were killed, and it later emerged a number of civilians were being transported in the plane.
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The C-130 plane crashed at around midnight local time (19:30 GMT) in Jalalabad airport.
Reuters said it is not yet known whether there are any casualties among those on board.
The C-130 is a military aircraft primarily used to carry troops and heavy cargo.
Close to 10,000 US troops are still stationed in Afghanistan after plans for a gradual withdrawal were changed earlier this year.
President Obama has promised to leave only a small force in Afghanistan, based in the US embassy, by the end of 2016.
Some 1,000 foreign troops are based in eastern Afghanistan, where the crash occurred, according to Nato. They are working alongside 40,000 Afghan troops.
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption A US Hercules C-130 in Afghanistan, similar to the one that crashed (file picture) In July, a Hercules plane owned by Indonesia's military crashed in a residential part of Medan, in northern Indonesia.
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