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The United States on Tuesday recovered the remains of two U.S. service members from a military aircraft that crashed in Afghanistan and was in the process of confirming their identities, a U.S. defence official said.

The U.S. military has said an E-11A aircraft crashed in the province of Ghazni, but has disputed Taliban claims to have brought it down. It has not been confirmed exactly how many people may have been on board the craft.

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“While the cause of crash is under investigation, there are no indications the crash was caused by enemy fire,” U.S. Colonel Sonny Leggett said in a statement. “Taliban claims that additional aircraft have crashed are false.”

U.S. and Afghan troops had clashed with Taliban fighters earlier on Tuesday as they tried to reach the crash site of the surveillance plane after it went down in the eastern part of the country on Monday. The Washington Post reports that roadside bombs left by the Taliban on nearby access routes, as well as bad weather, added to the difficulty.