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Rescuers try to reach and rescue a boy trapped for two days down a well in a remote southern Afghan village of Shokak, in Zabul province about 120 kilometers from Kandahar, on Feb. 17, 2022. JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images
A five-year-old boy, who had been stuck for three days in a well in a southern Afghanistan village, was declared dead on Feb. 18 by officials.
A rescue operation was launched to pull the child, identified as Haidar, out from the well in Shokak village of Zabul province, where he had been trapped since Feb. 15.
