Two journalists were among the victims of a deadly explosion at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, according to independent Afghan media group Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC).

"Ali Reza Ahmadi, a reporter for Raha News Agency and Najma Sadeqi, former presenter at Jahan-e-Sihat TV channel were killed in Thursday's airport attack," AFJC tweeted on Sunday.

At least 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. soldiers were killed and about 200 people were wounded in the suicide blast that hit an eastern airport gate as huge crowds waited for evacuation flights.