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20 people drown in boat accident in eastern Afghanistan: provincial official

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Twenty people, including children, drowned on Saturday when a boat sank during a river crossing in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, a provincial official said.

“A boat carrying women and children sank in the river in the Basawul area of ​​Momand Dara district in eastern Nangarhar at 7 a.m. (02:30 GMT) on Saturday morning,” Quraishi Badloon, the head of the provincial information department, said in a post on social media platform X.

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Twenty people, including children, drowned on Saturday when a boat sank during a river crossing in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, a provincial official said.

“A boat carrying women and children sank in the river in the Basawul area of ​​Momand Dara district in eastern Nangarhar at 7 a.m. (02:30 GMT) on Saturday morning,” Quraishi Badloon, the head of the provincial information department, said in a post on social media platform X.

He said five people survived the accident, the cause of which is under investigation.

Nangarhar’s Information and Culture Ministry said in a statement sent to the media that authorities had sent a medical team and ambulances to the area.

At least five bodies have been recovered and efforts are underway to find the rest, provincial government officials said.

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Residents in the area regularly cross the river in boats, which are often in poor condition as there is no bridge nearby, local media reported.

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