By Luke Garratt and Emily Kent Smith An Agence France-Press journalist, his wife and two young children are among the nine dead after four teenage Taliban with mini pistols hidden in their socks opened fire in a Kabul hotel yesterday. Reporter Sardar Ahmad, 40, had been based in Kabul and was at the Serena hotel with his three children and wife Humaira when Taliban gunmen stormed into the building and killed nine people. Mr Ahmad's youngest son is believed to have survived the attack and is said to have undergone emergency treatment. Agence France-Press (AFP) reporter Sardar Ahmad was killed in the attack on Kabul's Serena hotel. This picture was taken just hours before Mr Ahmad, his wife and two of his three children were gunned down
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Guests heard gunfire from the restaurant at Serena hotel, Kabul last night
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Agence France-Press Journalist Sardar Ahmad was killed
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Wife and two children also dead - youngest son believed to have survived
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AFP pay tribute to 'talented' and 'charming' journalist
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Nine people including four foreigners were killed
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The Taliban has taken responsibility for the attack in Afghanistan capital
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Attack was intended to harm foreign nationals and dignitaries
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Hotel is known as 'safest in Kabul' due to upgrades after 2008 terror attack
Afghan police forces arrived at the site of a gun battle in the @placeholder last night.