Foreign journalists shot in Afghanistan

One Associated Press reporter killed and another wounded after attack in Khost province on eve of presidential election

An Afghan police officer has shot dead a foreign photographer and badly injured another in the country's violent east, as they were covering preparations for the country's presidential election.

The man opened fire on Anja Niedringhaus and Kathy Gannon from the Associated Press in a police headquarters in Khost province, after the women arrived with a convoy of election materials on Friday.

source Guardian