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Johanne Sutton. Dasht-e Qaleh. The Radio France International was the first female journalist to die in the War in Afghanistan. Killed in the same tank attack as Billaud and Handloik. [24] 11 November 2001. Volker Handloik. Dasht-e Qaleh. The German freelance journalist was one of three to die in the tank attack.
Employer. Corriere della Sera. Maria Grazia Cutuli (26 October 1962 – 19 November 2001) was an Italian journalist who worked as a reporter with the daily newspaper Corriere della Sera. She was killed while on assignment in Afghanistan where she was covering the US military invasion following the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001.
S. Journalists killed while covering the Salvadoran Civil War (3 P) Journalists killed while covering the Sierra Leone Civil War (2 P) Journalists killed while covering the Somali Civil War (10 P) Journalists killed while covering the Spanish Civil War (3 P) Journalists killed while covering the Syrian civil war (1 C, 20 P)
On the other hand, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Israeli forces initially claimed that "we don't think we killed" Abu Akleh, blamed "indiscriminate" Palestinian gunfire as being the likely cause of her death, and claimed that responsibility lay with Palestinian militants who opened fire on Israeli soldiers, leading to the soldiers posteriorly returning fire. [5]
Maryam Durani (مَریَم دورانی) (born 1987) Afghan activist and women's advocate. Mina Mangal (1992 to 2019) journalist, political advisor, and women's rights activist who was killed by gunfire in 2019 in uncertain circumstances.
Anja Niedringhaus (12 October 1965 – 4 April 2014) was a German photojournalist who worked for the Associated Press (AP). [1][2][3][4] She was the only woman on a team of 11 AP photographers that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for coverage of the Iraq War. [5] That same year she was awarded the International Women's ...
Death of Linda Norgrove. On 26 September 2010, British aid worker Linda Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by members of the Taliban in the Kunar Province of eastern Afghanistan. She was working in the country as regional director for Development Alternatives Incorporated, a contractor for US and other government agencies.
Kathy M. Gannon is a Canadian journalist and news director of the Associated Press for Afghanistan and Pakistan. [1] Gannon was attacked and wounded while reporting from Afghanistan. [2][3][4] Her German colleague, Anja Niedringhaus, was mortally wounded. Gannon has received extensive coverage as she struggled to recover from her wounds and ...