Afghan boy who was stuck inside well for 2 days has died: report

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The boy who fell into a well in Zabul province, Afghanistan, died a short time after he was extricated on Friday, according to media in the country.

Tolo News, citing an Islamic Emirate official, first reported on the death. A Taliban spokesman sent Fox News a picture of the boy, Haidar, lying down with his eyes closed. 

The boy slipped down an 80-foot well over 48 hours ago and had been in communication with rescuers.

The Guardian newspaper reported that rescuers have been able to lower a video camera down to Haidar, who is stuck at about 70 feet below. His father has tried to assure him and told him to keep talking.

The boy’s age has varied on different news outlets, with some reporting that he is as young as five and as old as nine. He is stuck but appears to be able to move his arms and upper body, according to Al Jazeera.

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. (Photo by JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images) (Photo by JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images)

Abdullah Azzam, a secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, tweeted that there is an ambulance at that scene in Shokak village and other emergency equipment—including oxygen.

Afghan people gather as  rescuers try to reach and rescue a boy trapped for two days down a well in a remote southern Afghan village of Shokak. (Photo by Javed TANVEER / AFP) (Photo by JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images) ( (Photo by JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images))

Earlier this month, a Moroccan boy, who was also five, was trapped in a well in Morocco for five days before his death.

Moroccan King Mohammed VI followed the painstaking rescue efforts closely, and expressed his condolences to the boy’s parents in a statement released by the palace.

The Associated Press contributed to this report