Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus was
killed today, shot to death by an Afghan policeman while covering the
upcoming national election. She covered conflicts from Bosnia to
Afghanistan for more than 20 years, earning a Pulitzer Prize in 2005, as
part of a team of AP photographers covering the Iraq War. Last November
I was very happy to be able to feature her amazing work in a photo
essay titled "Afghanistan: Seen Through the Lens of Anja Niedringhaus."
What I wrote then remains true: Documenting a decades-long story like
the Afghanistan War is a challenge for any photojournalist, from simple
logistical issues, to serious safety concerns, to the difficulty of
keeping the narrative fresh and compelling. Niedringhaus did a
remarkable job, telling people's stories with a strong, consistent
voice, an amazing eye for light and composition, and a level of
compassion that clearly shows through her images. A remarkable voice has
been lost today. [30 photos]
Photographed through a burqa, Afghan women shop at a market in Kabul on
April 11, 2013. Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked
a law on May 18, 2013 that aimed to protect women's freedoms, with some
arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles or encourage women
to have sex outside of marriage. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) # 
Lance Cpl. Blas Trevino, of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, shouts out
as he is rescued onto a medevac helicopter from the U.S. Army's Task
Force Lift "Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment after he
was shot in the stomach outside Sangin, Helmand Province, on June 11,
2011. The Army's 'Dust Off' crew needed two attempts to get him out, as
they were fired upon and took five rounds in the tail of their aircraft.
(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
An Afghan woman holds her newly born baby wrapped in her burqa as she
waits to get in line to try on a new burqa in a shop in the old town of
Kabul on April 11, 2013. Despite advances in women's rights, Afghanistan
remains a deeply conservative country and most women continue to wear
the Burqa. But tradesmen say times are changing in Kabul at least, with
demand for burqas declining as young women going to school and taking
office jobs refuse to wear the cumbersome garments. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
An Afghan girl writes on a board in front her class at the girls high
school Ayeshe Sedeqa in the center of Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, on
September 21, 2008. The Afghan government alleges the Taliban tried to
poison students at girls' schools, causing outbreaks of sickness, and
says 15 suspects were arrested. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
Seven year old Afghan girl Persia looks up as she flies onboard a
Medevac helicopter from the US Army's Task Force Lift "Dust Off",
Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment to the next military hospital
outside Sangin, Helmand Province, on June 7, 2011. Persia received head
injuries after falling off a truck and was taken by her father to the
next ISAF outpost seeking medical help. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
An Afghan refugee girl reacts after another child stole her food
voucher while she was queuing in front a truck organized by the World
Food Program in Kabul, on March 4, 2012. Every day, 400 people join the
ranks of a half million displaced by fighting and natural disaster in
Afghanistan. Many are left to starve and die, even in the capital Kabul.
(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
Afghan day laborer Zekrullah, 23, takes a break after preparing kilns
to fire the bricks at a brick kiln factory on the outskirts of Kabul, on
November 7, 2013. In the last two years as US and NATO troops prepare
to leave Afghanistan, brick makers say business has dropped off by
almost half. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
School children pass by a painted sign reading, "ballot not bullet" on
their way back home on the outskirts of Kandahar, on March 12, 2014.
Warlords with a violent past have played a role in influencing Afghan
politics since a U.S.-led coalition helped oust the Taliban in 2001. But
they are emerging to play an overt political role in next month's
presidential elections as President Hamid Karzai leaves the scene. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
Afghan policemen run to jump on their car as Taliban militants attacked
the main Afghan election commission's headquarters on the outskirts of
Kabul, firing on the compound with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy
machine guns from a house outside its perimeter wall on March 29, 2014.
Dozens of employees and other people who had been inside the Independent
Election Commission compound took cover in the basement, and no
casualties were reported. But two warehouses were hit and set on fire,
witnesses said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
Injured United States Marine Cpl. Burness Britt reacts after being
lifted onto a medevac helicopter from the U.S. Army's Task Force Lift
"Dust Off", Charlie Company 1-214 Aviation Regiment, on June 4, 2011.
Britt was wounded in an IED strike near Sangin, Helmand Province. At the
Hunter Holmes Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, Britt is facing a
long recovery after a large piece of shrapnel cut a major artery on his
neck. During his first operation in Afghanistan he suffered a stroke and
became partially paralyzed. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
An Afghan woman peers through a window where women line up to have
their picture taken to register for the upcoming presidential elections
in a school in Kabul on March 18, 2014. Last-minute registration of
voters continues despite the fact that more than 21 million voter
registration cards have been issued while only roughly 12 million
Afghans are eligible to vote. The discrepancy is the result of repeated
registrations since the first round of elections in Afghanistan in 2004.
(AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
An Afghan man directs his children away from the scene where a suicide
car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul on May 16, 2013. A Muslim
militant group, Hizb-e-Islami, claimed responsibility for the early
morning attack, killing many in the explosion and wounding tens, police
and hospital officials said. The powerful explosion rattled buildings on
the other side of Kabul and sent a pillar of white smoke into the sky
in the city's east. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
Afghan lawmaker Hamida Ahmadzai, who represents Afghanistan's colorful
Kuchi, poses for a picture inside the Afghan parliament in Kabul, on
March 26, 2014. "In our Parliament we have 69 women, that is a large
number, bigger even than European parliaments," Hamida said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
An Afghan nomad kisses his young daughter while watching his herd in
Marjah, Helmand province, on October 20, 2012. In southern Helmand
province, one of Afghanistan's deadliest battlefields, angry residents
say 11 years of war has brought them widespread insecurity. They say
they are too afraid to go out after dark because of marauding bands of
thieves and during the day corrupt police and government officials bully
them into paying bribes. Development that was promised hasn't
materialized and the Taliban's rule is often said to be preferred. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
One of the last images captured by photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus.
An Afghan girl helps her brother down from a security barrier set up
outside the Independent Election Commission (IEC) office in the eastern
Afghan city of Khost, on April 3, 2014. Afghans head to the polls to
elect a new President on April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) #
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