The US military has joined an investigation into a plane that crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday.
Local officials initially said the aircraft that came down in Deh Yak district, Ghazni province, belonged to state-owned airline Ariana.
But the airline denied this, prompting questions about the origin of the aircraft and the cause of the crash.
Hardline Iranian news agency Fars posted footage of what it said was the plane, with US Air Force markings.
Video and images posted on Fars’s social media accounts appeared to show a Bombardier E-11A jet, a US Air Force plane.
The US military uses this type of plane for electronic surveillance over Afghanistan.
The village in which the plane came down, south-west of the capital Kabul, is in an area with a strong Taliban presence.
US Army Maj Beth Riordan, a spokeswoman for US Central Command, told Associated Press news agency that it remained unclear whose aircraft was involved in the crash.
Another US defence official told Military Times: “We are aware of the reports and are investigating. At this point, we cannot confirm it is a DOD [Department of Defence] asset.”
