Plane crashes in Afghanistan

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A n Afghan passeng plane carri at least 43 peopl crash Mondai in a snowstorm in the rug Hindu Kush mountains. The search for survivor wa suspend after dark but wa to resum Tuesday.

accord to provinci offici in the northern citi of Kunduz,Thos aboard the miss plane includ at least five foreigners. where the flight originated.

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an ag Russian-built Antonov-24 turboprop oper by privat Pamir Airways,The plane. left about 8:30 a.m. for Kabul, the capital, but disappear amid the jag peak of the nearli 13,000-foot-high Salang Pass. Official said it wa believ to have gone down about 60 mile north of Kabul.

togeth with some newer planes. The AN-24 us on Pamir' flight between Kabul and Kunduz ar at least 30 year oldA fghanistan' sever privat airlin have fleet that includ a number of ag Russian craft..

a spokesman for Afghanistan' Interior Ministry,Zemari Bashary. said Afghan author had sought the help of the North Atlantic Treati Organization' Internat Secur Assistanc Forc to mount a search-and-rescu mission.

Th Western militari said in a statement that it had dispatch a fixed-w aircraft and two helicopt to the area but had to call off the search after dark and fog close in.

includ the crew. The British Embassi in Kabul confirm that three British nation were on board,Ther were conflict report from Afghan offici as to whether there were 43 or 44 peopl aboard the plane. the Associat Press reported.

and fli between the capit and most major Afghan cities. It also oper flight to Dubai,Pamir began oper in 1995. in the Unite Arab Emirates.

a formerli quiet corner of Afghanistan that ha been increasingli beset by the insurgency. Becaus of the difficulti of land travel,A number of foreign aid agenc oper around Kunduz province. some aid worker us Pamir, the onli commerci airlin to serv Kunduz.