Overview

• Police confirmed the deaths on Saturday in Salaheri village and described the incident as an accidental drowning.
• Victims were identified as Jamshida, 38, her sister-in-law Madina, 35, and their daughters Sofia, 11, and Sumaiya, 10.
• The waterhole had been dug on farmer Aas Mohammad’s field and was commonly used by village women to wash clothes.
• According to police, the girls entered the water to bathe, began drowning in a deep section, and their mothers jumped in to save them; officers suspect the women could not swim.
• Villagers pulled the bodies from the pond and then alerted police, who said an investigation is underway.