Amid hostility between Iran and US, Tehran claimed on Tuesday that a top CIA chief, Michael D’ Andrea, who was responsible for orchestrating IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani's assassination was killed in the Afghan plane crash. Washington, however, has not commented on the emerging reports, that was confirmed by Iran. International reports cited Russian intelligence over the claim.

The armed group Taliban took responsibility for the downing of the US plane in Afghanistan's Ghazni, a territory controlled by the militant group. In a statement released on Monday, Taliban notified that everyone on board was killed, including the high-ranking officials. "An aircraft of American occupiers has crashed in Ghazni province," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a Pashto-language statement, adding that all the crew members onboard had been killed.