At least 25 people have been killed in two bombings in the Afghan capital Kabul, including several journalists documenting the scene.
AFP chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, is among the victims.
The first explosion was carried out by an attacker on a motorbike. A second followed about 15 minutes later after a crowd, including several reporters, had gathered at the scene.
The Islamic State group (IS) said it had carried out the attack.
BBC reporter Ahmad Shah was also killed in a separate attack on Monday in the Khost region.
In the Kabul attack, the AFP 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.
At least eight journalists and four police officers were among the dead, interior minister spokesperson Najib Danish told the BBC. So far, 45 people have been reported injured.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty confirmed that three of its journalists were killed in the attack. Abadullah Hananzai, a journalist and cameraman, had been working on a story about narcotics, while Maharram Durrani worked on the weekly women’s programme. Sabawoon Kakar had earlier been listed as injured, but died later in hospital.
Tolo News said its cameraman Yar Mohammad Tokhi was among the victims while Afghanistan’s 1TV said reporter Ghazi Rasooli and cameraman Nowroz Ali Rajabi had been killed.
A map showing the Sashdarak district and the locations of the Ministry of Defence within it. Just outside the boundary is the ministry of public works.
The intelligence services headquarters had been the target, IS said in a statement released through its self-styled news outlet Amaq.
The Shashdarak district also houses the defence ministry and a Nato compound.