The Afghan Interior Ministry on Monday acknowledged that a plane had crashed in the eastern province of Ghazni, adding that the cause of the crash remains unknown, APA reports citing Sputnik.
Second Vice President Sarwar Danish also confirmed that a transport plane collapsed at around 1:30 p.m. (09:00 GMT) in Ghazni's Deh Yak district.
The Ghazni police chief and the provincial authority, meanwhile, confirmed that the Ariana Afghan Airlines flight had crashed, despite the airlines earlier denying the plane crash.