4 survive, two dead as Russian medical plane crashes in Afghanistan after refuelling in Gaya

A Russian private jet carrying six people crashed in a remote area of rural Afghanistan but the pilot and some of the others on board survived, the Taliban and Russia's aviation watchdog said Sunday.

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• Russian aircraft crashes in Afghanistan, 4 survivors found

The crash happened on Sunday in a mountainous area in Badakhshan province, regional spokesman Zabihullah Amiri said, adding that a rescue team was dispatched to the area. The province is some 250 kilometers northeast of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. It is a rural, mountainous area, home to only several thousand people.

The Taliban's transportation and civil aviation ministry issued a statement online saying the plane was found in the province's Kuf Ab district, near the Aruz Koh mountain.

"The pilot was found by the search team of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," the statement said.

Two Taliban provincial officials said four survivors were now with Taliban administration officials who had reached the remote, mountainous site of the crash. They said that two other passengers had died.

The Taliban administration's top spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid confirmed the pilot of the plane was among four who had survived.

"The investigative team of the Islamic Emirate continues their efforts to search for and provide assistance to the remaining individuals," he said in a statement.