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Added on the 04/08/2021 07:10:46 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Only one suicide bomber carried out the deadly attack at the Kabul airport, General Hank Taylor says at a Pentagon briefing, correcting an earlier assessment that there were two bombers and two separate explosions. "We do not believe that there was a second explosion at or near the Baron Hotel, that it was one suicide bomber," Taylor says. SOUNDBITE
Afghan soldiers stand guard beside burnt-out cars and damaged buildings in the aftermath of Tuesday's gun and bomb attack in the capital Kabul. At least four people were killed and 20 others wounded in the attack that targeted the country's defence minister and some lawmakers, according to security officials. IMAGES
Scenes of devastation at Kabul University a day after attackers stormed it, detonated a suicide bomb and sprayed classrooms with bullets in a brazen hours-long assault claimed by Islamic State group. IMAGES
Scenes of destruction in Kabul where a massive blast outside a British security company's compound killed at least 10 people. The attack was claimed by the Taliban and is the latest violence to target the Afghan capital. IMAGES
An Israeli soldier stands at the scene after Lebanon's Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel. The Iran-backed group said it launched its rockets in response to an Israeli strike on a southern Lebanese village that, according to a local official and state media, killed several people from the same family. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.