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Afghan President Hamid Karzai expressed his deep sadness over Niedringhaus' death and the wounding of Gannon. "These two AP journalists had gone to Khost province to prepare reports about the presidential and provincial council elections," a statement from Karzai's office quoted him as saying. It added that Karzai instructed the interior minister and the Khost governor to assist the AP in every way possible.
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Gannon, 60, who for many years was the news organization's Afghanistan bureau chief and currently is a special correspondent for the region, was shot three times in the wrists and shoulder. After surgery, she was in stable condition and spoke to medical personnel before being flown to Kabul.
- ↑ Edwards, Michael (April 4, 2014). "Two female foreign journalists shot in Afghanistan, one dead". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on April 5, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
"Anja Niedringhaus and Cathy Gannon were the two journalists in the world who spent more time than any others covering Afghanistan," Associated Press executive director Kathleen Carroll said.
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According to the AP report, Niedringhaus, 48, was in a car with AP reporter Kathy Gannon, an AP Television News freelancer and a driver. They had just arrived at a heavily guarded district compound and were waiting for the convoy to move forward when a unit commander by the name of Naqibullah "walked up to the car, yelled 'Allahu Akbar' — God is Great — and opened fire on them in the back seat with his AK-47."
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