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Afghan Policeman Shoots Dead AP Reporter Niedringhaus

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2014 · People & Blogs

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Two journalists working for the Associated Press news agency have been shot by a police commander in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. The BBC reports.

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Afghan policeman shoots dead AP reporter Niedringhaus (BBC, Apr 4, 2014)
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"One of the women, Anja Niedringhaus, died in the attack. Her colleague, Kathy Gannon, is reported to be stable.

The attack took place in the town of Khost near the border with Pakistan.

It comes as Afghanistan intensifies security ahead of presidential elections on Saturday, in response to threats of violence by the Taliban. The new president will succeed Hamid Karzai, who has been in power since the 2001 fall of the Taliban but is constitutionally barred from seeking a third consecutive term.

The BBC's Lyse Doucet in Kabul says the run-up to this historic poll has already been the bloodiest, and fears of electoral fraud are pronounced.

The two journalists had been travelling with a convoy of election workers - protected by Afghan security forces - delivering ballots from the centre of Khost to the district of Tani, on the outskirts.

They were in their own car with an interpreter and an AP freelancer, AP says.

The freelancer said they had arrived in a heavily guarded compound shortly before the shooting...."



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