{"id":55629,"date":"2017-12-28T07:58:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T07:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=55629"},"modified":"2017-12-28T07:58:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T07:58:10","slug":"blast-at-afghan-news-agency-office-in-kabul-at-least-four-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/blast-at-afghan-news-agency-office-in-kabul-at-least-four-dead.html","title":{"rendered":"Blast at Afghan news agency office in Kabul, at least four dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Blast at Afghan news agency office in Kabul, at least four dead<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">An explosion went off at an office of the Afghan Voice news agency in the capital, Kabul, on Thursday causing serious casualties, officials and witnesses said, the latest in a series of attacks on media groups.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Photographs sent by witnesses showed what appeared to be serious damage at the site and a number of dead and wounded on the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Public Health Ministry spokesman Ismail Kawosi said at least four people had been killed and 18 wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">However, the final toll may be higher, according to witnesses who said there were heavy casualties among students attending a panel discussion with researchers at the agency\u2019s offices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">There was no immediate claim of responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The attack, the latest in a series to hit Afghan media groups in recent years, follows an attack on a private television station in Kabul last month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">According to a report this month by media freedom group Reporters without Borders, Afghanistan is among the world\u2019s most dangerous countries for media workers with two journalists and five media assistants killed doing their jobs in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-afghanistan-blast\/blast-at-afghan-news-agency-office-in-kabul-at-least-four-dead-idUSKBN1EM0F5?il=0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/blast-at-afghan-news-agency-office-in-kabul-at-least-four-dead.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blast at Afghan news agency office in Kabul, at least four dead An explosion went off at an office of the Afghan Voice news agency in the capital, Kabul, on Thursday causing serious casualties, officials and witnesses said, the latest in a series of attacks on media groups. 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