University student dies as vehicle falls into Badakhshan river

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): A young man died after a vehicle plunged into Kokcha River in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Tuesday.

Police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar told Pajhwok Afghan News the accident took place as a vehicle veered off the road and fell into Kokcha River due to a technical problem in Sina village of Juram district last night.

He said a 24-year-old man, who was a fourth-grade student of mining geological engineering faculty at Badakhshan University, drowned in the river.

Security forces are trying to pull out his body, he added.

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