UN Deplores ‘Abhorrent’ Attack on International Journalists in Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN–(ENEWSPF)–4 April 2014 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemned the “abhorrent” attack on two international journalists working for the Associated Press today which left one dead and the other wounded.

Photographer Anja Niedringhaus and reporter Kathy Gannon were shot in the Tani district of Khost province in eastern Afghanistan, according to a news releaseissued by UNAMA. Ms. Niedringhaus died in the attack, while Ms. Gannon is reported…