Afghan boy who was stuck inside well for 2 days has died

Rescuers attempt to attain and rescue a boy trapped for 2 days down a effectively in a distant southern Afghan village of Shokak, in Zabul province on February 17, 2022.
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The boy who fell right into a effectively in Zabul province, Afghanistan, died a short while after he was extricated on Friday, in accordance with media within the nation.

Tolo Information, citing an Islamic Emirate official, first reported on the dying. A Taliban spokesman despatched Fox Information an image of the boy, Haidar, mendacity down along with his eyes closed. 

The boy slipped down an 80-foot effectively over 48 hours in the past and had been in communication with rescuers.

The Guardian newspaper reported that rescuers have been capable of decrease a video digicam right down to Haidar, who's caught at about 70 ft under. His father has tried to guarantee him and instructed him to maintain speaking.

The boy’s age has various on completely different information retailers, with some reporting that he's as younger as 5 and as outdated as 9. He's caught however seems to have the ability to transfer his arms and higher physique, in accordance with Al Jazeera.

Abdullah Azzam, a secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, tweeted that there's an ambulance at that scene in Shokak village and different emergency tools—together with oxygen.

The boy slipped down an 80-foot effectively.

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Earlier this month, a Moroccan boy, who was additionally 5, was trapped in a effectively in Morocco for 5 days earlier than his dying.

Moroccan King Mohammed VI adopted the painstaking rescue efforts carefully, and expressed his condolences to the boy’s mother and father in a press release launched by the palace.