At least 25 people, including five journalists, died in two explosions on Monday morning in the Afghan capital Kabul, according to government officials.
Five journalists from different news media outlets died in the attack, according to Najib Sharifi, director of the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee.
French news agency Agence France Presse confirmed that its photographer Shah Marai was among the dead.
A further 45 people were injured in the two incidents, and have been taken to city hospitals, according to Ministry of Public Health spokesman Wahid Majroh.
The site of the explosion was close to NATO’s Afghan headquarters, the US embassy and Afghan government buildings, including the Presidential palace, the Defense Ministry and the headquarters of Afghanistan’s intelligence services.
