Associated Press photographer shot dead in Afghanistan
An AP news agency photographer has been shot dead and her colleague wounded by a police commander in eastern Afghanistan, just days before the country's presidential elections.
Photographer and reporter shot while sitting in car
Photographer Anja Niedringhaus, 48, was killed and reporter Kathy Gannon, 60, wounded while they were sitting in the back of a car, Associated Press said.
Anja Niedringhaus, an acclaimed German photographer who had covered conflict zones including Kuwait, Iraq, Libya, Gaza and the West Bank, was killed instantly, according to an AP Television freelancer who witnessed the shooting.
Canadian reporter Kathy Gannon, who is based in Islamabad and has covered war and unrest in Afghanistan for 30 years, was shot twice and was receiving medical help, the AP said. Kathy Gannon underwent surgery in the eastern city of Khost. .
The operation was described as successful and Gannon's condition was stable, AP said
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