26 people including ten journalists have died in terrorist attacks in Kabul, making it the deadliest day for the Afghan media since the Taliban regime was ousted in 2001.

Nine reporters and a photographer were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Kabul and another Afghan reporter for BBC language was shot dead in the Eastern city of Khost.

The bomber is believed to have specifically targeted the press as one of the bombers presented police with a press pass before joining the group covering a previous blast.