At least 8 die in plane crash
Afghanistan ? A Pakistani-owned plane carrying cargo for the U.S.-led coalition crashed into mountains near Afghanistan’s capital Friday, killing at least eight people, officials said.
A police commander at the crash site said there were no survivors, but officials differed on how many people had been on board.
Lt. Col. Cristoni Riccar, a spokesman for NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, said 10 people were on board but could not immediately give their nationalities.
Aijaz Faizi, manager of Pakistan-based Royal Airlines, which owned the 20-year-old Russian-made Ilyushin 76, said there were only eight: five Russians, two Ukrainians and a Pakistani.
The reason for the discrepancy was not immediately clear.
Five bodies have been recovered, said Ghulam Rasool, a police commander at the crash site near Bagram, the U.S.-led coalition’s headquarters.
“They are in many pieces,” he said.
Bad weather may have played a role in the crash, Rasool said, holding up a piece of the wreckage. Clouds hung low over the area as rescuers searched for bodies.

