One individual has died and 20 others have been rescued after migrant smugglers abandoned a group in a river in western Farah province, local officials said.
The Farah Police said the victims were among 21 individuals attempting to cross illegally into Iran when they were left stranded in the river by smugglers.
Police spokesman Mullah Kalimullah Nangyal told Pajhwok Afghan News: “Twenty-one of our compatriots who intended to travel illegally to neighboring Iran were abandoned by smugglers in the middle of a river. As a result, one individual lost his life and 20 others were exposed to serious danger.”
He said that immediately after the incident, security forces in Joyeen district, along with intelligence personnel and members of the 1st Battalion of the 9th Border Brigade, launched a swift rescue operation and saved the remaining people.
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