A spokesperson for the health ministry confirmed that 8 journalists, including an AFP photographer, are among 25 people killed in double suicide blasts in the Afghan capital. The injured toll from the Kabul attack stands at 45, according to city's police spokesman.
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The Daesh terrorist groups has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Afghanistan's President Asharf Ghani has vehemently condemned the terrorist attacks in Kabul, calling the blasts, which targeted "innocent civilians, worshippers inside the mosques, national and democratic processes, reporters and freedom of speech," "war crimes."
Later in the day, the BBC confirmed that its reporter, Ahmad Shah, had been killed in the eastern Afghan province of Khost, following two suicide blasts in the capital that claimed lives of 8 journalists.
"This is a devastating loss and I send my sincere condolences to Ahmad Shah’s friends and family and the whole BBC Afghan team. We are doing all we can to support his family at this very difficult time," the broadcaster wrote in its Twitter account.
Half an hour later, a second explosion occured beside journalists who had gathered to report on the first blast.
Earlier in the day, a police officer was reportedly killed and five persons injured following a mine explosion in the country's Nangarhar province.