Twin suicide bombings in Kabul: 21 dead and 27 injured
Wahid Majroh, the public health ministry's spokesman, gave the latest casualty tolls for the twin suicide bombings in the Afghan capital.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but both Taliban and Islamic State group are active and have repeatedly claimed attacks in Kabul.
Agence France-Presse has reported that the news agency's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, has been killed in the twin suicide attacks in the Afghan capital.
AFP says Marai died in a blast that was targeting a group of journalists who had rushed to the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul.
Sediqullah Tawhidi, an official form the journalist safety committee says that another journalist was among those who were killed on Monday's attack. Tawhidi says that a cameraman form the local TOLO TV also was killed.
Hashmat Stanekzai, spokesman for the Kabul Police chief, says that first bomber was on a motorbike and the second suicide bomber was on foot.
The second attacker was among reporters who had gathered at the scene to cover the attack, added Stanekzai.
The first explosion was soon followed by another. Police officer Jan Agha at the scene of the blast said a journalist died in the second blast, which also wounded two police officers.
The police chief said the central area of Kabul that was targeted includes foreign offices.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks in Kabul.
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