KABUL, Afghanistan — An American military aircraft crashed in a Taliban-controlled area outside Kabul on Monday, the United States military command in Afghanistan said, following hours of confusion after officials had initially identified the plane as a passenger airliner.

The plane crashed in the district of Deh Yak in Ghazni Province during a day of harsh weather, Afghan officials said. Senior officials, including the country’s vice president, initially said it was a passenger plane operated by the country’s national carrier, Ariana Afghan Airlines.

Nearly 10 hours after the crash, the United States military, in a statement that provided little detail, confirmed that the plane was one of its aircraft and said it saw no evidence that it had been downed by enemy fire.

The statement described the plane as a United States Bombardier E-11, a rare advanced communication aircraft deployed to Afghanistan and used to help ground troops talk to American aircraft overhead.