Women Journalists Shot in Afghanistan as Elections Get Underway
Two women journalists were shot in Afghanistan Friday—one fatally—while reporting on preparations for the country’s upcoming election.
Anja Niedringhaus, a Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer, and Kathy Gannon, an AP reporter who covered the Taliban’s treatment of women and girls doggedly, were observing election workers in the eastern city of Khost when an Afghan policeman approached, yelling “Allahu Akbar”—God is great—before opening fire. Niedringhaus was killed instantly; Gannon was shot in the arm and is in stable condition.
German-born Niedringhaus was best known for her intimate and challenging portraits: children playing on the front lines in a war zone; a single soldier’s face as he prepares for battle.
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