Two Year Old Child Dies After Falling into a Well in Khost

Local Taliban officials in Khost province say that a two year old child has died after falling into a well in the province.

According to the Taliban controlled Bakhtar News Agency, on Thursday (9 April), Tahir Ahrar, spokesperson for the Taliban’s police command in Khost, said the incident occurred the previous day in the Harun Khil area, within the ninth security district of Alisher district.

Ahrar attributed the incident to parental negligence.

He added that after being pulled out of the well by Taliban security forces, the child was transferred to hospital but died despite receiving treatment.

This comes as similar incidents of children falling into wells in rural areas of Afghanistan have repeatedly claimed children’s lives. The presence of uncovered or unprotected wells in rural areas is cited as a factor in the recurrence of such incidents.