Taliban claims crashed US military plane

The Taliban has claimed to have shot down a C-130 military transport plane in eastern Afghanistan, with NATO confirming that 11 people including six US soldiers were killed.

NATO did not confirm the cause of the crash but it comes as Afghan forces - backed by NATO special forces and US air support - pushed into the centre of the northern city of Kunduz, captured by the Taliban on Monday.

"Our mujahideen have shot down a four-engine US aircraft in Jalalabad," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Twitter.