Journalists targeted in Afghan terror attacks

Nine media workers killed in Kabul amid mounting insecurity - despite prospective peace talks

A photo of the aftermath of a suicide bomb in Kabul last month taken by AFP's Shah Marai who died on Monday
A photo of the aftermath of a suicide bomb in Kabul last month taken by AFP's Shah Marai who died on Monday
(Image credit: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images)

Twenty-six people, including nine journalists, were killed yesterday in a series of explosions in the Afghan capital Kabul.

The attacks “underlined mounting insecurity despite repeated government pledges to tighten defences”, Reuters reports.

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