UN chief deplores Afghan attacks

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is "outraged" by attacks in Afghanistan that killed dozens of people including children and journalists, his office said Monday. "The attacks in Kabul and Kandahar caused numerous casualties among civilians, emergency responders, and school children," the UN chief said, according to the statement released by his spokesman. A double suicide blast in Kabul killed 25 people, including AFP's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, and at least eight other journalists, in what Reporters Without Borders said was the most lethal single attack on the media since the fall of the Taliban.