According to official sources, the child slipped into this 25-meter deep hole on Tuesday before being pulled with a rope to a depth of about ten meters, where he found stuck.
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The 5-year-old boy trapped since Tuesday in a deep dry well in southeastern Afghanistan died on Friday February 18 shortly after being rescued. The child, named Haidar, “left us forever”tweeted a senior adviser to the Ministry of the Interior. “This is another day of mourning and grief for our country.”
Rescuers reached the child in the morning. He had slipped to the bottom of this earthen well in the village of Shokak, located in the province of Zabul, about 400 km southwest of the capital Kabul.
He was still alive and “breathed” when rescuers arrived at his side, said the Zabul police spokesman. “The medical team gave him oxygen. But when they tried to take him to the helicopter, he lost his life”he added.
Haidar’s grandfather, Haji Abdul Hadi, 50, said the child fell into the cavity trying to “to help” adults drill a new well in this drought-ravaged village. According to official sources, the child slipped into this 25-meter deep hole, before being pulled with the help of a rope to a depth of about ten meters, where he found himself stuck .
Rescuers opened a large oblique trench in the earth with diggers to access where he was stuck. But, forced to proceed with caution when approaching the shaft to prevent it from collapsing, they were then slowed in their efforts by the rocky terrain.