{"id":64405,"date":"2018-04-30T06:50:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T06:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=64405"},"modified":"2018-04-30T06:50:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T06:50:17","slug":"journalists-among-almost-2-dozen-dead-twin-afghanistan-blasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/journalists-among-almost-2-dozen-dead-twin-afghanistan-blasts.html","title":{"rendered":"Journalists among almost 2 dozen dead in twin Afghanistan blasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Journalists among almost 2 dozen dead in twin Afghanistan blasts<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">At least 21 people, including five journalists, died in two explosions on Monday morning in the Afghan capital Kabul, according to government officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The first blast took place at around at 8 a.m. local time in the Shashdarak area of the city, where the US embassy and Afghan government buildings are located, prompting journalists to rush to the scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The second explosion came as an attacker, disguised as a cameraman, detonated explosives at the site of the initial explosion, Kabul City Police spokesperson Hashmat Stanikzai told CNN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Five journalists from different news media outlets died in the attack, according to Najib Sharifi, director of the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">French news agency Agence France Presse confirmed that its photographer Shah Marai was among the dead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">A further 40 people were injured in the two incidents, and have been taken to city hospitals, according to Ministry of Public Health spokesman Wahid Majroh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">A victims lies on the ground in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 30, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The site of the explosion was close to NATO&#8217;s Afghan headquarters, the US embassy and Afghan government buildings, including the Presidential palace, the Defense Ministry and the headquarters of Afghanistan&#8217;s intelligence services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt;color: #000000\">Source:-https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2018\/04\/30\/asia\/afghanistan-kabul-blasts-intl\/index.html<\/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\/journalists-among-almost-2-dozen-dead-twin-afghanistan-blasts.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>Journalists among almost 2 dozen dead in twin Afghanistan blasts At least 21 people, including five journalists, died in two explosions on Monday morning in the Afghan capital Kabul, according to government officials. 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