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Kabul Bombings: Photographer Shah Marai Among 21 Dead

At least 21 people have been killed in two explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul, including a leading photographer for the AFP agency and several other journalists documenting the scene.

An attacker on a motorbike carried out the first explosion on Monday morning in Kabul's Shashdarak district.

About 15 minutes later, after people and reporters had gathered at the scene, there was a second explosion.

AFP said its chief photographer, Shah Marai, had been killed.

In a tweet, the news agency said the second blast had deliberately targeted the group of journalists. 


"The bomber disguised himself as a journalist and detonated himself among the crowd," AFP quoted a police spokesman as saying.

The Shashdarak district houses the defence ministry, intelligence service, and a Nato compound.



Dozens of people are also reported to have been injured in the twin explosions.


Shah Marai started work as a driver with AFP in the 1990s, during the era of the Taliban.

His interest in the world, his curiosity and love for photography resulted in AFP sending him to France for training.

When he came back, he turned his wonderful eye to capturing moments of humanity during the most shocking ordeals of his city, Kabul.


One of his most iconic photographs was from an attack on a Shia mosque last year: a picture of a child just standing stunned with police pointing at him to leave the mosque because the attacker was still inside. But the child was looking for his father.

Throughout it all Shah Marai was calm, smiling and positive. He was never scared of danger.


But he was deeply affected when his good friend and fellow journalist Sardar Ahmad was murdered a few years ago in another Kabul attack at the Serena hotel.

I have known Shah Marai since I was a child and we found ourselves both working for the media here in Kabul, always meeting at the sites of tragedy.

He was also a friend to many others in Kabul's journalistic community and we are all mourning him now.
Kabul Bombings: Photographer Shah Marai Among 21 Dead Reviewed by FOW 24 News on April 30, 2018 Rating: 5 At least 21 people have been killed in two explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul, including a leading photographer for the AFP agency and...

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