Over the past few months, there have been several incidents of children falling into deep wells in southern Afghanistan. To prevent this, the government has asked individuals and companies to dig wells to ensure the safety of every new and old deep well. To do.
The latest incident of a child falling into a deep well in Afghanistan was in Khakriz district of Kandahar where a young girl was pulled out of a deep well alive.
The Taliban’s Minister of Public Works, Mullah Abdul Manan Omari, who was involved in the rescue operation, said the government was urging the owners and owners of the deep wells to take all necessary steps to ensure their safety.
Speaking to the media, Mr. Omari said that deep wells are common in agricultural lands and they have already instructed all the people who have dug deep wells in agricultural lands to cover the heads of the wells.
The Taliban’s Minister of Public Works urged the people who dug such wells to cover their heads to prevent children from falling into the wells.
Mr Omari said the Taliban government would also take the matter seriously and anyone found violating their instructions would be punished according to their crime.
He also called on families to ensure the safety of deep wells in their areas of residence.
Haider, a child who fell into a well in a village in Zabul province some time ago, died after four days of extensive rescue efforts.
Heidar was unable to pull Haider out of the well after repeated attempts, but he died after being pulled out.
A local journalist in Zabul told the BBC that six-year-old Haider did not breathe when he was pulled out of the well.
Rescuers dug a hole in the side of the well where the baby was being held, and were expected to be airlifted to the capital, Kabul, for treatment as soon as possible.
Zabul police spokesman Zabihullah Johar told AFP:
” When the rescue operation ended, he breathed for the first few minutes, the medics gave him oxygen, but when the doctors took him to the helicopter, he died. ”
