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After a plane crash was reported in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Sunday clarified that it was not an Indian aircraft, but a Moroccan-registered small carrier. "The unfortunate plane crash that has just occurred in Afghanistan is neither an Indian Scheduled Aircraft nor a Non-Scheduled (NSOP)/Charter aircraft," the ministry said. Earlier, Afghan media outlet Tolo News had reported that the plane which crashed was Indian.

Sharing more information on the aircraft, the Centre said it was an air ambulance and had stopped at Gaya airport for refuelling. The plane was reportedly flying from Thailand to Russia.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) also refuted the reports of crash of an Indian airplane. A senior official said the plane that crashed in the mountains of Topkhana alongside the districts of Kuran-Munjan and Zibak of Badakhshan province, was Moroccan registered DF 10 aircraft.

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Meanwhile, Russian aviation authorities said a French-made Dassault Falcon 10 jet, registered in Russia, disappeared from radar screens over Afghanistan on Saturday evening. The chartered plane was believed to be carrying six people on it way to Moscow from India via Uzbekistan.

Zabihullah Amiri, a spokesperson for Badakhshan's provincial government, told Reuters a team had been sent to the location of the crash, but it was a remote area more than 200 km (124 miles) from the provincial capital Fayzabad and would take the team 12 hours to reach.

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The Afghan provincial police spokesperson said in a statement the crash had taken place overnight in a remote, mountainous region of Badakhshan in Afghanistan's far north. He said there were no confirmed details on the type of plane, cause of the crash or casualties.

There was no response from Aircraft manufacturer Dassault on the issue till last reported.