Twenty people died after a boat sank in a river in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, officials said.
The incident happened at 7:30 am on Saturday in Basol area of Mohmand Dara district, the provincial department of information and culture said.
This boat was carrying 25 people, including women and children, 20 of whom died and five others were rescued.
According to officials, the bodies of five people have been found so far and the search for other bodies continues.
