JALALABAD: At least 20 people have been martyred due to a boat sink in Nangarhar province, the provincial governor’s press office said in a statement today.
The incident happened on Saturday early morning in the Basol area of Momand Dara district of the province and resulted in the martyring of 20 people, the statement said, adding that 25 people were in the boat and five of them have been rescued.
The bodies of five people have been found so far and the search operation is underway for the rest bodies, said the source.