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    A look back at the work of Shah Marai, AFP photojournalist killed in Kabul

    Yahoo News Photo Staff
    •April 30, 2018
    • <p>An Afghan trader waits for customers early in the morning at a livestock market ahead of the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in Kabul on October 2, 2014. Muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Prophet Abraham’s readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God. (Photo: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images) </p>
    • <p>An Afghan vendor holds a sheep as he waits for customers at a livestock market ahead of the Eid al-Adha Muslim festival, on the outskirts of Kabul on August 30, 2017.<br /> Muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and in commemoration of Prophet Abraham’s readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God. (Photo: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images) </p>
    • <p>The shadows of Afghan police officers are seen near the site of an attack on the Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, 2015. Insurgents have launched an attack on a Spanish embassy compound in Kabul on December 11, Afghan officials said, following reports of gunfire and a massive car bomb in the centre of the city. (Photo: Shah Marai/ AFP/Getty Images) </p>
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    The work of slain photojournalist Shah Marai

    An Afghan trader waits for customers early in the morning at a livestock market ahead of the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in Kabul on October 2, 2014. Muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Prophet Abraham’s readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God. (Photo: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images)

    Agence France-Presse’s chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, who was killed covering a suicide bombing on Monday, was a charismatic, courageous journalist who was dedicated to reporting on Afghanistan’s wrenching conflict.

    The 22-year veteran of the agency leaves behind two wives and six children, including his only daughter, born earlier this month — an event that brought him great joy and was celebrated with cake at the Kabul bureau just over a week ago.

    He was killed, along with at least five media colleagues, when a suicide bomber detonated himself among the crowd of journalists who had arrived to cover an earlier blast.

    Marai’s versatility and easy camaraderie was demonstrated in a message moments before the second attack, in which he reassured an AFP video colleague who was stuck in traffic and could not reach the scene.

    “No worry man, I am here,” the 41-year-old said by WhatsApp, adding that he was shooting video in addition to taking photos.

    His powerful photographs testify to the unimaginable violence he witnessed over the years — as well as the fragile moments of beauty and joy in a country pummeled by decades of war.

    Here is a look at some of Marai’s work, with their original captions, including this past week’s burials of the victims of the deadly bombing at the voter registration center in Kabul.

    Read more of this story by AFP on Yahoo News >>>

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