Eight dead in Afghan boat accident

By AFP
June 02, 2024
The Nangarhar Information and Culture Department said the authorities had sent a medical team and ambulances to the area, in a message shared with media.— AFP File
The Nangarhar Information and Culture Department said the authorities had sent a medical team and ambulances to the area, in a message shared with media.— AFP File

KABUL: Taliban authorities in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday revised the death toll of a boat accident down to eight after earlier reporting 20 people had drowned in a river crossing.

“Eight people were killed and two people are still missing after a boat sank in Basawul area of Momand Dara district of Nangarhar province,” provincial information department head Quraishi Badloon said in a post on X. He said 20 people, including women and children, were killed Saturday morning when a motorboat sank during a river crossing.