American journalist, translator killed in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (AP) – David Gilkey, a veteran news photographer and video editor for National Public Radio, and an Afghan translator, Zabihullah Tamanna, were killed while on assignment in southern Afghanistan on Sunday.
NPR spokeswoman Isabel Lara says in a statement that Gilkey and Tamanna were traveling with an Afghan army unit when the convoy came under fire and their vehicle was struck. Two other NPR journalists traveling with them were unharmed.
Gilkey covered both national and internati