20 killed as boat sinks while crossing river in Afghanistan

At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday morning, a Taliban official said. Quraishi Badlon, provincial director of the information and culture department in Nangarhar province, said that the boat sank while crossing a river in Mohmand Dara district, killing 20 people, including women



and children.

Badlon said that the boat was carrying 25 people, , according to village residents, of whom five survived. So far five bodies have been retrieved including a man, a woman, two boys and a girl, said the Nangarhar health department in a statement. It added that a medical team and ambulances were sent to the area.