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At least 40 dead in multiple Kabul blasts
By Reuters
Published: December 28, 2017
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There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. PHOTO: REUTERS
KABUL: With conflicting reports about the target, multiple blasts in the Afghan capital on Thursday killed at least 40 people.
A suicide attack on an office of the Afghan Voice news agency and a neighbouring cultural centre in Kabul killed dozens on Thursday, officials and witnesses said.
Kabul TV station says attack over, resumes broadcasting
Afghan Interior Ministry deputy spokesperson Nasrat Rahimi said at least 40 people had been killed and 30 wounded in the blast, the latest in a series to have hit media organisations in Kabul.
Other reports suggested that the target of the blasts was a Shia cultural centre. The attack occurred during a morning panel discussion at the centre, many of those attending students, witnesses said.
Sayed Abbas Hussaini, a journalist at the agency, said there appeared to have been more than one explosion during the attack, following an initial blast at the entrance to the compound. He said one reporter at the agency had been killed and one injured.
Photographs sent by witnesses showed what appeared to be serious damage at the site, in a heavily Shia Muslim area in the west of the capital, and a number of dead and wounded on the ground.
Afghan Voice has Shia links but there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid issued statement on Twitter denying involvement.
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.
Backed by the heaviest US air strikes since the height of the international combat mission in Afghanistan, Afghan forces have forced the Taliban back in many areas and prevented any major urban centre from falling into the hands of insurgents.
Massive Kabul truck bomb kills 90, wounds hundreds
But high-profile attacks in the big cities have continued as militants have looked for other ways to make an impact and undermine confidence in security.
According to a report this month by media freedom group Reporters without Borders, Afghanistan is among the world’s most dangerous countries for media workers with two journalists and five media assistants killed doing their jobs in 2017, before Thursday’s attack.
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
By Reuters
Published: December 28, 2017
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There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. PHOTO: REUTERS
KABUL: With conflicting reports about the target, multiple blasts in the Afghan capital on Thursday killed at least 40 people.
A suicide attack on an office of the Afghan Voice news agency and a neighbouring cultural centre in Kabul killed dozens on Thursday, officials and witnesses said.
Kabul TV station says attack over, resumes broadcasting
Afghan Interior Ministry deputy spokesperson Nasrat Rahimi said at least 40 people had been killed and 30 wounded in the blast, the latest in a series to have hit media organisations in Kabul.
Other reports suggested that the target of the blasts was a Shia cultural centre. The attack occurred during a morning panel discussion at the centre, many of those attending students, witnesses said.
Sayed Abbas Hussaini, a journalist at the agency, said there appeared to have been more than one explosion during the attack, following an initial blast at the entrance to the compound. He said one reporter at the agency had been killed and one injured.
Photographs sent by witnesses showed what appeared to be serious damage at the site, in a heavily Shia Muslim area in the west of the capital, and a number of dead and wounded on the ground.
Afghan Voice has Shia links but there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid issued statement on Twitter denying involvement.
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.
Backed by the heaviest US air strikes since the height of the international combat mission in Afghanistan, Afghan forces have forced the Taliban back in many areas and prevented any major urban centre from falling into the hands of insurgents.
Massive Kabul truck bomb kills 90, wounds hundreds
But high-profile attacks in the big cities have continued as militants have looked for other ways to make an impact and undermine confidence in security.
According to a report this month by media freedom group Reporters without Borders, Afghanistan is among the world’s most dangerous countries for media workers with two journalists and five media assistants killed doing their jobs in 2017, before Thursday’s attack.
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
