Kabul: The death toll in yesterday’s Kabul suicide bombing has reached 25, police said on Thursday. Islamic State has taken the responsibility of attack.
This was a double bombing case. The first case was reported at 5.55 PM, killing a security guard and six sportsmen leaving ten others injured.
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The second blast occurred an hour later, injuring at least 75. Emergency services, police and reporters were targeted in this attack.
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and the journalist associations have condemned the bomb attacks.
Journalists killed
In this year alone 12 journalists have died in the violence, including two in the Wednesday attack. A BBC reporter and a well-known photographer were killed in the Afghan capital