A plane crashed in a mountainous region in northeastern Afghanistan, an official in Badakhshan province said on Sunday, without giving details.
“A plane crashed but the location was not named,” Zabihullah Amiri, head of the northern province's information department, told AFP.
“We were informed by villagers,” said the head of this province on the border with Tajikistan, China and Pakistan.
It is not known at this time whether the aircraft was a passenger flight or a cargo flight, nor which country the company to which the aircraft belonged came from.
The accident occurred in a difficult-to-access mountainous area in this province, which is crossed by the Hindu Kouch massif and has peaks over 7,000 meters high.
The accident area was “about eight hours’ drive” from the provincial capital Faizabad, Amiri said.
“We sent a team there but they didn’t arrive,” he added, “We don’t have any details.”
The official hoped to receive information from this team “within two to three hours.”