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Representative of the international airport in Kabul denies information on Talibanâ€™s involvement in crash of Azerbaijani aircraft

06 July 2011 10:11 (UTC +04:00)

Vice-President of Kabul International Airport Jalal Vahab told APA-Economics that he could not confirm this information: â€œI already asked for confirmation of this information. But it is not true, I can not confirm it. No one has claimed responsibility for his involvement in the crash so farâ€.

To him, the reasons of the accident are investigated at present and details will be announced later.

Note that, earlier, a representative of the movement "Taliban" Zabibulla Modzhahid told Afghan media that Azerbaijani plane was shot down by Taliban.

On July 6, 2011, at about 00.10, while preparing to land in Bagram airport, the communication with IL-76 4K-AZ 55 belonging to Azerbaijanâ€™s Silk Way aviation company suddenly broke off and its view disappeared in radars. According to statement made by Azerbaijan State Civil Aviation Administration, the aircraft collided with unknown object in the air.