Posted on 04/30/2018 9:20:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The journalists died when a bomber disguised as a TV cameraman detonated a second bomb at the site of an earlier explosion. Both attacks were claimed by Islamic State.
The first blast happened at around at 8 a.m. local time in the Shashdarak area of the city, where the US embassy and Afghan government buildings are located, prompting journalists to rush to the scene.
The second explosion came as the attacker, posing as a cameraman, detonated explosives as journalists huddled around the scene, Kabul City Police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told CNN.
In a statement issued via the social media app Telegram, ISIS said a “martyrdom brother” blew his explosive vest up among a group of “apostates” and killed and wounded a number of them. The group named the bomber as Qaqaa al-Kurdi and the second attacker as Khalil al-Qurshi. ISIS did not provide any evidence for the claim.
Eight journalists, including at least one woman, died in the blasts, according to Najib Sharifi, director of the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee.
In a tweet Monday, the Global News Director, Michele Leridon, honored Marai for his “extraordinary strength, courage and generosity” and praised his “consummate professionalism” and “sensitivity” during his 15 years covering the Afghan conflict for AFP.
AFP said the death of its “treasured colleague” Shah Marai in Monday’s twin blast in Kabul was “a devastating blow”.
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Marai joined AFP as a driver in 1996, the year the Taliban seized power, and in 2002 he became a full-time photo stringer, rising through the ranks to become chief photographer in the bureau.
He leaves behind six children, including a newborn daughter, AFP said.
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Maybe now journalists will wake up to the dangers of Islam?
Nah....
And the smug DC journalism crowd brags about how brave they are in smearing President Trump.
Specifically targeting journalists?
Maybe they’ll start viewing jihadis as the enemy? Nah...
Ben watching this since yesterday.....appears Iran taking credit for these bomings in Afghanistan.
..also interesting are the protests in Iraq that Iran get out of Iraq.
I guess that "Caca" and "Queersh*t" are appropriate names for mindless animals...
Move the “**rd prom” there?
Do they ever do anything besides kill?
Counts as a WIN !
“Do they ever do anything besides kill?”
Rape, loot, enslave... all textbook Koranic activities.
What a pathetic elitist mentality!
Any late-night “comedians”?
Journalists were not collateral damage in the second blast; they were the target. There’s only one logical journalistic response: It’s time for them to double down on their anti-Christian attacks.
We cannot let a few tens of thousands of lone wolf attacks taint an entire religion. We also cannot generalize from the billion or so Muslims who support terrorism to a condemnation of all of Islam, not when there are dozens of good, peaceful Muslims who disapprove of this violence.
They seem to get greater publicity when killing journalists, thus advancing their shared anti-American cause. We have plenty of journalists. More need to step out to advance the cause.
Don’t forget the pedophilia they love.
A terrorist posing as a journalist? Thats un-ethical!
Is there any talk of a memorial for the 21 souls who sacrificed their lives to get the press?
Let’s see who defends this on behalf of Islam from the West.
Well let me be the first!
I'd call 21 lives to take out 8 journalists a pretty good ROI.
For this very reason, the UN Basic Security In The Field course teaches staff to go AWAY from a bomb attack, not towards it.
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