It was reported that the five-year-old boy trapped for the last three days down a remote Afghan village well died minutes after being rescued on Friday. “With great sorrow, young Haidar is separated from us forever,” said Taliban interior ministry senior adviser Anas Haqqani, in a tweet echoed by several of his colleagues. “This is another day of mourning and grief for our country,” he wrote.

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