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KABUL – At least 20 people have died after a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday morning, according to Taliban officials.
Quraishi Badlon, the provincial director of the information and culture department in Nangarhar province, reported that the incident occurred in the Mohmand Dara district. Among the victims were women and children.
The boat was carrying 25 people when it sank, local villagers said. Five of the passengers survived the tragedy. The Nangarhar health department confirmed that five bodies have been retrieved so far, including those of a man, a woman, two boys, and a girl.
Medical teams and ambulances have been dispatched to the area, and the search for additional bodies continues. The cause of the accident has not yet been determined, officials said.
Locals frequently use these makeshift boats to travel between villages and local markets, underscoring the daily risks they face in their attempts to navigate the region’s waterways.
