A ship carrying at the least 25 folks sinks whereas crossing a river within the japanese province of Afghanistan.
No less than 20 folks, together with kids, drowned when a ship sank whereas crossing a river in Nangarhar province in japanese Afghanistan, based on native officers.
Quraishi Badloon, head of the data division of Nangarhar province, mentioned in a submit on Give to”.
Based on the villagers, there have been 25 folks on the boat, of whom 5 survived, he added.
The reason for the accident was below investigation.
The Nangarhar well being division mentioned in a press release that 5 our bodies have been recovered up to now, together with a person, a lady, two boys and a woman.
Efforts are nonetheless being made to search out different folks whereas a medical crew and ambulances are being despatched to the realm, he added.
Residents within the space often use domestically made boats to journey between villages and native markets as a result of absence of a bridge, based on Afghan media.
A whole bunch of individuals have died in Afghanistan in latest weeks resulting from heavy rains that precipitated huge flooding in several elements of the nation.