Photojournalist David Gilkey killed in Afghanistan

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• Jun 6, 2016

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Photojournalist David Gilkey killed in Afghanistan
NPR photojournalist David Gilkey and interpreter Zabihullah Tamanna were killed in a Taliban ambush yesterday.

Story here: http://www.npr.org/2016/06/06/480866035/remembering-photojournalist-david-gilkey

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an amazing photographer saddened to see he was killed.

my condolences to him and zabihullah's family and friends.

 

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I'm very sorry to hear this, these war photographers are real heroes and heroines, it's bad enough being in a war zone as an armed trained soldier, but these guys are completely unarmed and so vulnerable but it's a risk they chose to take.