Explosion Killed Former Afghan TV Presenter, Two Others In Kabul

A bomb attached to the vehicle of a former presenter on Afghanistan's TOLO TV exploded early on Saturday, killing the journalist and two other civilians, Kabul police said.

The death of Yama Siawash is being investigated and the identity of the other victims was not immediately known, said police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz. No one has immediately claimed responsibility.

Violence and chaos have expanded in Afghanistan as of late with an assault a week ago on Kabul University that executed 22 individuals, a large number of them understudies. 

The Islamic State affiliate claimed that assault just as another attack on an educational institution on October 24, additionally in the capital, that slaughtered 24 individuals. 

The flood in fierce assaults



comes even as government mediators and the Taliban are meeting in Qatar to discover a conclusion to many years of tireless battle in Afghanistan. The different sides have gained little ground. 

The discussions were important for an arranged understanding between the United States and the Taliban to permit US and NATO troops pull out from Afghanistan, finishing 19 years of military engagement.

According to initial reports, Siawash was near his home when the bomb attached to his car exploded. An eyewitness, Mohammad Rafi, said Siawash's father and brother were the first to reach the vehicle that was engulfed in flames.

Rafi said all three of those killed were inside the car.

Siawash was a former TV presenter who anchored political programmes on TOLO TV.