Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Press casualties in Afghanistan

Military casualties in Afghanistan have been in the news for the last couple of months but the nature of the conflict has meant that casualties in the media have been light.

Now however AP reports that

A roadside bombing has wounded two Associated Press journalists embedded with the U.S. military in southern Afghanistan.
Photographer Emilio Morenatti and AP Television News videographer Andi Jatmiko were traveling with the military when their vehicle was struck by the bomb Tuesday.
Both were immediately taken to a military hospital in Kandahar. Jatmiko suffered leg injuries and two broken ribs. Morenatti, badly wounded in the leg, underwent an operation that resulted in the loss of his foot.


via CJR

No comments: