American military is investigating jet crash in Taliban-controlled region of Afghanistan after unverified footage claiming to show US Air Force plane wreckage circulates online
Aircraft crashed in Dih Yek region of Afghanistan at 1.10pm local time MondayLocal officials initially said it was a passenger plane belonging to Ariana Airlines, but airline said all of its planes were safeFootage then emerged showing plane wreck with US Air Force logo on fuselage American military says is investigating the crash, in Taliban-held territory
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PUBLISHED: 10:18, 27 January 2020 | UPDATED: 13:55, 27 January 2020 
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The American military is investigating a plane crash in Afghanistan after footage emerged showing wreckage of a plane with the US Air Force symbol on the side.
The plane came down in Dih Yak district, which is Taliban-held territory, around 1.10pm local time.
Officials initially said the plane was a Boeing passenger aircraft belonging to state-owned Ariana Airlines, though the airline subsequently denied these reports. 
Now, footage taken by an Afghan journalist has begun circulating on Twitter purporting to show the remains of an aircraft at the scene bearing a USAF symbol.  6park.com
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The US military has said it is investigating a plane crash in the Dih Yak region of Afghanistan after video emerged online purporting to show the wreckage with a US Air Force symbol on it 6park.com
The video - which has not been verified by MailOnline - shows the burning remains of a jet lying in the snow as several people stand around filming.
Whilst most of the jet is a charred wreck, a USAF symbol is clearly visible on an engine attached to the tail fin of the plane.  6park.com
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The plane could be a Bombardier E-11A aircraft, which the U.S. military uses for electronic surveillance over Afghanistan. 
U.S. Army Maj. Beth Riordan, a spokeswoman for U.S. Central Command, said that it remained unclear whose aircraft was involved in the crash. 
Arif Noori, a spokesperson for the province's governor, said he estimated there were around 100 bodies on the ground and officials were looking for  6park.com
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The plane came down in the Dih Yak region, around 80 miles south of Kabul, which is controlled by the Taliban 6park.com
Ariana Airlines officials denies reports one of its planes crashed 6park.com