A CARGO PLANE CRASHED INTO HOUSES IN A SOUTHERN AFGHAN TOWN ON MONDAY, KILLING AT LEAST ONE RESIDENT AND A FOREIGN MILITARY MAN ON BOARD, PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS SAID. THE PLANE CRASHED WHILE TRYING TO LAND AT AN AIRFIELD USED BY U.S.-LED TROOPS IN LASHKAR GAH, THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL OF HELMAND, THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHIEF FOR THE PROVINCE, MAHAIUDDIN, TOLD REUTERS BY TELEPHONE FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. EIGHT AFGHANS WERE INJURED, FOUR OF THEM SERIOUSLY, WHEN THE RUSSIAN-MADE AIRCRAFT PLOUGHED INTO THEIR MUD-WALLED HOMES, BUT SO FAR ONLY ONE PERSON HAD DIED, ACCORDING TO HOSPITAL DOCTORS AND OFFICIALS.
