Several journalists were among the dozens of people killed in Monday's suicide-bomb attacks near the heavily fortified headquarters of Afghanistan's spy agency in Kabul. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks. Photo: Associated PressKABUL—In one of the deadliest days for journalists anywhere, nine Afghan reporters, photographers and cameramen were killed Monday in coordinated suicide bombings in the heavily fortified heart of Afghanistan’s capital. In all, at least 26 people, most of them civilians, were killed and another 47 wounded when two suicide bombers, one on a motorcycle and the other disguised as a photographer, carried out the attack during morning rush hour near the headquarters of the National Directorate of Intelligence, Afghanistan’s spy...

Source: Wall Street Journal April 30, 2018 05:22 UTC