On 30 April 2018, two suicide bombers detonated near government buildings in central
Kabul
Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...
,
Afghanistan
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, killing at least 29 people and injuring 50.
Victims
Among the fatalities were 9 journalists,
Agence France Presse
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AFP has regional headquarters in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong and Washington, D ...
photographer
Shah Marai,
TOLO News
TOLOnews (Pashto/Persian: ) is Afghanistan's first 24/7 news television channel, owned by MOBY Group, launched in August, 2010. Its sister channels are TOLO TV and Lemar TV in Afghanistan.
The channel is available on terrestrial across Afghanist ...
Cameraman Yar Mohammad Tokhi, Ebadollah Hananzi and Sabvon Kakeker of
Radio Free Europe
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; Maharam Darani of Radio Azadai;
TV1 cameramen's Ghazi Rasoli and Norozali Rajabi, the reporter Salim Talash and cameraman Ali Salimi both of Mashal TV. Additionally, an
Al Jazeera
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cameraman Naser Hashemi, Omar Soltani of
Reuters
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The agency was estab ...
, Ahmadshah Azimi of Nedai Aghah, Ayar Amar of newspaper Vahdat Mili and Davod Ghisanai of the TV channel Mivand were injured.
Perpetrator
Islamic State
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has claimed responsibility for the attack though the
Taliban
The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state (polity), state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalist, m ...
is also suspected.
See also
*
List of terrorist incidents linked to Islamic State – Khorasan Province
*
List of terrorist attacks in Kabul
This is a list of terrorist attacks in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
1995
* September 6: 1995 attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul
2002
* September 5: 2002 Kabul bombing
2003
* July 9: 2003 attack on the Embassy of Pakistan in Kab ...
References
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ISIL terrorist incidents in Afghanistan
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Mass murder in 2018
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Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan in 2018
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