Children among 20 dead in boat accident in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar
Al Jazeera
Boat carrying at least 25 people sinks while crossing a river in eastern Afghan province.
At least 20 people, including children, have drowned when a boat sank during a river crossing in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, according to local officials.
Quraishi Badloon, the head of Nangarhar province’s information department, said in a post on X that the vessel capsized at 7am (02:30 GMT) on Saturday “in the river in the Basawul area of Momand Dara district”.
He added that the boat was carrying 25 people, according to village residents, of whom five survived.
The cause of the accident was being investigated.
The Nangarhar health department said in a statement that so far five bodies have been retrieved, including a man, a woman, two boys and a girl.
