Kabul suicide blasts kill at least 7, including journalist
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A coordinated double suicide bombing hit central Kabul on Monday morning, killing at least seven people, including a journalist, and wounding 20, officials said.
Five people were killed by the first blast in the Afghan capital and 11 were wounded, according to Mohammad Asim, chief of the Kabul ambulance service. The first explosion was soon followed by the other, some minutes later. Police officer Jan Agha said the journalist died in the second blast, which also wounded two police officers.
Wahid Majroh, public health ministry's spokesman, later confirmed the higher casualty tolls.
Both suicide attacks took place in the central Shash Darak area, which is also home to the NATO headquarters and a number of embassies in Afghanistan. The second was meant to hit those rushing to the scene of the attack to help the victims of the first blast.
