Passenger plane crashes in Afghanistan

An Afghan passenger plane carrying 44 people, including six foreigners, crashed on Monday in a mountainous northern region where poor weather was hampering efforts to locate it.

Rescuers were trying to reach the crash site near the 3,800-metre-high Salang Pass, a major route through the Hindu Kush mountains that connects the capital to the north.

There was no immediate word on casualties.

The plane was operated by Pamir Airways, a private Afghan airline making a flight from the northern city of Kunduz to the capital, said Kabul International Airport Police Chief Mohammad Asif Jabar Khil.