Anniversary attack A suicide bomber on foot blows himself up in a Shia area, killing at least nine people and wounding 18. Journalists targeted Dozens die, including an AFP photographer Shah Marai and other journalists, when two suicide blasts rip through Kabul in an attack claimed by Isis. The risk from this attack, perhaps the hope of the attackers, is that the fog of war gets denser when journalists join the list of targets and casualties. Afghan media charity Nai documented the deaths of 27 journalists that year, and said the majority were at the hands of insurgents. “Isis don’t appear to have red lines when it comes to women, children, journalists,” said Kate Clark, who tracks civilian casualties at the Afghanistan Analysts Network thinktank.

Source: The Guardian May 05, 2018 16:07 UTC