A 17-year-old boy drowned while swimming in the Surobi River in Kabul province on Saturday, local sources said.
The victim, identified as Altaf, disappeared in the river in the Mashali Kamar area of Surobi district, according to witnesses.
Sources said the river carried away his body, which has not yet been recovered.
Altaf was a resident of Kabul and had been en route to Nangarhar province at the time of the incident, sources added.
