Anja Niedringhaus at war -- almost her entire career has been killed during an Afghan shooting on Friday.
Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus at war has devoted her time taking pictures. It's not just ordinary pictures presented to the media but the photos she's working on are those that are in the middle of war. The photographer was confirmed killed during a shooting incident in Afghanistan just this Friday.
The AP photographer was with colleague Kathy Gannon who is currently a special correspondent in the region during the incident. Gannon, 60, was shot three times in her wrists and shoulder, but she's fortunate enough to have survived and become stable after her surgery. However, Niedringhaus died instantly due to her gunshot wounds.
According to reports, Gannon and Niedringhaus at war-heated regions were traveling in a convoy of election workers that was delivering ballots. The entire convoy was said to be protected by the Afghan security forces. However, as they arrived in the district compound, while waiting for the convoy to move a member of the Afghan security forces yelled Allahu Akbar (God is Great) and opened fire on them from the backseat, which instantly took Niedringhaus' life.
Before being Anja Niedringhaus at war, she first started to work as a freelance photographer in her hometown in Germany when she was only sixteen. She was also the only woman in a team of 11 photojournalists that won a Pulitzer Prize on 2005 for her coverage of the Iraq war. Anja Niedringhaus at war covered conflict zones from the Balkans during the 90's to Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan.
Gannon and Niedringhaus had worked together since 2001, covering conflicts in different hot zones. During the shooting incident, the gunman, identified to be one of the Afghan security forces named Naqibullah, surrendered and was taken into custody. The incident is somewhat more surprising since the shooter is an insider.
The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has expressed his sorrow over the photographer's death and Gannon being wounded. He also added that he instructed officials to guide the Associated Press in every possible way.
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