WHY THE CRASH OF AN AMERICAN AIRPLANE

IN AFGHANISTAN ?

"A special aircraft of the American occupiers has crashed ... in Ghazni province," Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mudjahid said in a statement, adding that all members of the crew had perished.

Several hours after the plane crash announced by local authorities in Afghanistan, the mystery remains. We just have one hour, 13 hours local (9:30 am in France) and a place, Deh Yak, south of Kabul, an area of ​​the province of Gazni controlled by the Taliban.

Provincial police spokesman Ahmad Khan Seerat confirmed this, adding that the "area is not safe" due to the presence of insurgents. This considerably complicates the dispatch of aid and investigators.

No comments from the Americans

An Afghan defense ministry spokesman, Rohullah Ahmadzai, said the plane was not owned by Afghan forces. "He does not belong to the air force, the intelligence service, the Ministry of Defense or the Ministry of the Interior," he said.

US forces in Kabul did not provide comments. Videos and photos transmitted via the Twitter account of a person close to the Taliban, whose authenticity could not be verified, show the remains of a medium-sized aircraft crushed in a snow field. The tail of the plane, which is intact, bears the logo of the American aviation.

A surveillance mission?

According to the Taliban, the aircraft "flew on a surveillance mission". The type of the device corresponds to those used in the country by the US Air Force for electronic surveillance. Air Force and based in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, should this information be confirmed, the question of whether the Taliban is involved in the crash would arise immediately.

The plane crash was reported by local authorities to have occurred around 1:00 p.m. The Afghan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) later said in a statement that "no commercial aircraft crashes has been registered ".

Military air accidents, particularly of helicopters, are quite common in Afghanistan, due to the very rugged mountainous terrain and often extreme weather conditions. But they are more reaching the Afghan forces. The American air forces have mastery of the air allowing them complete freedom of action and support for the Afghan forces.

Accident or act of war, the event comes at a time when the Taliban and the United States are discussing the terms of an agreement on the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan in exchange for security compensation from the insurgents.