NPR Journalists David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna Killed in Afghanistan

 

By Tim Stelloh

 

Correction: An earlier version of this story mistakenly reported that a roadside bomb killed David Gilkey and Zabihullah Tamanna. According to NPR, shellfire struck their vehicle.

A National Public Radio photojournalist and his Afghan translator were killed on Sunday in southern Afghanistan, NPR said in a statement. 

David Gilkey and his Afghan translator, Zabihullah Tamanna were on assignment with an Afghan army unit when their convoy came under fire and their vehicle was struck by shellfire, NPR said. It said Gilkey and Tamanna were killed; an NRP reporter and producer also traveling with the unit were unharmed.

Tributes poured out for Tamanna and Gilkey, a veteran war photographer. 

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Source: NBC News