At least 10 journalists were killed in Afghanistan on Monday, making it the deadliest day on record for those in the field covering the country’s ongoing instability, according to rights groups. A suicide bomber struck the Afghan capital outside the National Directorate of Security, killing at least 26 people. Several of the killed journalists worked for Afghan news outlets, the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee said, and Western outlets were also affected. Although the AJSC’s estimates are much higher ― it says at least 80 journalists and media workers have died since 2001 ― it acknowledged that the recent attacks made it the country’s deadliest day for journalists. In 2016 a Taliban suicide bomber blew up a minibus carrying local journalists, killing seven.

Source: Huffington Post April 30, 2018 16:30 UTC