KABUL: At least 40 people have been killed and 30 injured in a series of suicide attacks on a news agency and a neighbouring Shiite cultural centre in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul.
The blasts occurred during a morning panel discussion at the centre, and targeted the offices of the Afghan Voice news agency.
Women, children and journalists are among the dead.
It is believed students had gathered at the centre to hear a panel discussion with journalists.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the Taliban issued a statement denying any involvement.
Sayed Abbas Hussaini, a journalist at Afghan Voice, 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 and a number of dead and injured on the ground.
Afghanistan is among the world’s most dangerous countries for media workers, according to a report this month by media freedom group Reporters without Borders.
Agencies
