20 drown in boat accident in eastern Afghanistan

“A boat carrying women and children sank in the river in the Basawul area of ​​Momand Dara district in eastern Nangarhar at 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 currently 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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