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(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 18, 2014 an Afghan woman holds her baby as she and supporters attend the election rally of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah in Jalalabad. Agence France-Presse's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, was killed April 30, AFP has confirmed, in a secondary explosion targeting a group of journalists who had rushed to the scene of a suicide blast in the Afghan capital. Marai joined AFP as a driver in 1996, the year the Taliban seized power, and began taking pictures on the side, covering stories including the US invasion in 2001. In 2002 he became a full-time photo stringer, rising through the ranks to become chief photographer in the bureau. He leaves behind six children, including a newborn daughter. / AFP PHOTO / Shah MARAISHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images
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Shah Marai, AFP chief photographer in Afghanistan, was killed on April 30 on assignment covering a suicide bomb in the capital Kabul. Below is a brief selection of his work taken during his time at the bureau.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 21, 2013 Afghan commandos walk down a road near the Kabul police headquarters building after a clash between Afghanistan forces and Taliban fighters in Kabul. Agence France-Presse's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, was killed April 30, AFP has confirmed, in a secondary explosion targeting a group of journalists who had rushed to the scene of a suicide blast in the Afghan capital. Marai joined AFP as a driver in 1996, the year the Taliban seized power, and began taking pictures on the side, covering stories including the US invasion in 2001. In 2002 he became a full-time photo stringer, rising through the ranks to become chief photographer in the bureau. He leaves behind six children, including a newborn daughter. / AFP PHOTO / Shah MARAISHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

Afghan commandos walk down a road near the Kabul police headquarters building after a clash between Afghanistan forces and Taliban fighters in Kabul, January 21 2013

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 19, 2014 supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani jump to cross a ditch as they leave after a gathering on the outskirts of Kunduz province, north of Kabul. Agence France-Presse's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, was killed April 30, AFP has confirmed, in a secondary explosion targeting a group of journalists who had rushed to the scene of a suicide blast in the Afghan capital. Marai joined AFP as a driver in 1996, the year the Taliban seized power, and began taking pictures on the side, covering stories including the US invasion in 2001. In 2002 he became a full-time photo stringer, rising through the ranks to become chief photographer in the bureau. He leaves behind six children, including a newborn daughter. / AFP PHOTO / Shah MARAISHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani jump to cross a ditch as they leave after a gathering on the outskirts of Kunduz province, north of Kabul, March 19 2014

(FILES) This file photo taken on November 13, 2001 shows security forces from the Northern Alliance group entering Kabul, during the fall of the Taliban regime. Agence France-Presse's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, was killed April 30, AFP has confirmed, in a secondary explosion targeting a group of journalists who had rushed to the scene of a suicide blast in the Afghan capital. Marai joined AFP as a driver in 1996, the year the Taliban seized power, and began taking pictures on the side, covering stories including the US invasion in 2001. In 2002 he became a full-time photo stringer, rising through the ranks to become chief photographer in the bureau. He leaves behind six children, including a newborn daughter. / AFP PHOTO / Shah MARAISHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

Security forces from the Northern Alliance group entering Kabul, during the fall of the Taliban regime, November 13 2001

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 15, 2008 Afghan men hold chains as they wait to take part in ritual self-flagellation to celebrate the Muslim festival of Ashura, at a mosque in Kabul. Agence France-Presse's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, was killed April 30, AFP has confirmed, in a secondary explosion targeting a group of journalists who had rushed to the scene of a suicide blast in the Afghan capital. Marai joined AFP as a driver in 1996, the year the Taliban seized power, and began taking pictures on the side, covering stories including the US invasion in 2001. In 2002 he became a full-time photo stringer, rising through the ranks to become chief photographer in the bureau. He leaves behind six children, including a newborn daughter. / AFP PHOTO / Shah MARAISHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

Afghan men hold chains as they wait to take part in ritual self-flagellation to celebrate the Muslim festival of Ashura, at a mosque in Kabul, January 15 2008

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Soldiers of the Afghan presidential guard of honour offer Eid prayers at the presidential palace in Kabul, 25 November 2003. Eid al-fitr, marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO/SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

Soldiers of the Afghan presidential guard of honour offer Eid prayers at the presidential palace in Kabul, 25 November 2003

Afghan horsemen play buzkashi in Kabul, 08 January 2004. Buzkashi, which translated means ‘goat grabbing’, is a national sport of Afghanistan in which horsemen compete to pick up the carcass of a decapitated calf or goat

An Afghan intelligence man places his foot on a man suspected of placing explosives which caused a blast with no casualties in the Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul on November 25, 2014. The attack underlines the challenges facing President Ashraf Ghani, who came to power in September, as US-led NATO troops wind down operations and Afghan security forces take over full responsibility for fighting the Taliban and other insurgents. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

An Afghan intelligence man places his foot on a man suspected of placing explosives which caused a blast with no casualties in the Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul on November 25 2014

Afghan mourners carry the coffin of Saeed Jawad Hossini, 29, who was killed in a suicide attack on a minibus carrying employees of Afghan TV channel TOLO in Kabul on January 21, 2016. Seven employees of popular Afghan TV channel TOLO were killed on January 21 when a Taliban car bomber rammed into their minibus in Kabul, just months after the militants declared the network a legitimate "military target". AFP PHOTO / SHAH Marai / AFP / SHAH MARAI (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

Afghan mourners carry the coffin of Saeed Jawad Hossini, 29, who was killed in a suicide attack on a minibus carrying employees of Afghan TV channel Tolo in Kabul on January 21 2016

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 5, 2014 Afghan villagers are pictured near the scene in the landslide-hit Aab Bareek village in Argo district of Badakhshan province. Agence France-Presse's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, was killed April 30, AFP has confirmed, in a secondary explosion targeting a group of journalists who had rushed to the scene of a suicide blast in the Afghan capital. Marai joined AFP as a driver in 1996, the year the Taliban seized power, and began taking pictures on the side, covering stories including the US invasion in 2001. In 2002 he became a full-time photo stringer, rising through the ranks to become chief photographer in the bureau. He leaves behind six children, including a newborn daughter. / AFP PHOTO / Shah MARAISHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

Afghan villagers near the scene in the landslide-hit Aab Bareek village in Argo district of Badakhshan province, May 5 2014

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 12, 2012 French soldiers of the first regiment of marine artillery fire a mortar at their base during an exercise in Surobi district of Kabul province. Agence France-Presse's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, was killed April 30, AFP has confirmed, in a secondary explosion targeting a group of journalists who had rushed to the scene of a suicide blast in the Afghan capital. Marai joined AFP as a driver in 1996, the year the Taliban seized power, and began taking pictures on the side, covering stories including the US invasion in 2001. In 2002 he became a full-time photo stringer, rising through the ranks to become chief photographer in the bureau. He leaves behind six children, including a newborn daughter. / AFP PHOTO / Shah MARAISHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

French soldiers of the first regiment of marine artillery fire a mortar at their base during an exercise in Surobi district of Kabul province, March 12 2012

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 31, 2011 Afghan National Army (ANA) officers march during a graduation ceremony at the Ghazi Military Training Centre in Kabul. Agence France-Presse's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, was killed April 30, AFP has confirmed, in a secondary explosion targeting a group of journalists who had rushed to the scene of a suicide blast in the Afghan capital. Marai joined AFP as a driver in 1996, the year the Taliban seized power, and began taking pictures on the side, covering stories including the US invasion in 2001. In 2002 he became a full-time photo stringer, rising through the ranks to become chief photographer in the bureau. He leaves behind six children, including a newborn daughter. / AFP PHOTO / Shah MARAISHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

Afghan National Army officers march during a graduation ceremony at the Ghazi Military Training Centre in Kabul, March 31 2011

Afghan horsemen compete over the carcass of headless cattle during Afghanistan's traditional game of Buzkashi in the northern town of Mazar-i-Sharif on March 21, 2009. The season of Buzkashi, which has been played in this Central Asian nation for centuries, is due to end soon as the weather gets warmer. The game on the Afghan New Year Day was the last one of this season until next winter. AFP PHOTO/SHAH Marai (Photo credit should read SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)

Afghan horsemen compete over the carcass of headless cattle during a game of Buzkashi in the northern town of Mazar-i-Sharif, March 21 2009

This photo taken in 2013 shows Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer Shah Marai sitting in a helicopter with a member of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) while on assignment in Afghanistan. Agence France-Presse's chief photographer in Kabul, Shah Marai, was killed April 30, AFP has confirmed, in a secondary explosion targeting a group of journalists who had rushed to the scene of a suicide blast in the Afghan capital. Marai joined AFP as a driver in 1996, the year the Taliban seized power, and began taking pictures on the side, covering stories including the US invasion in 2001. / AFP PHOTO / Ben SheppardBEN SHEPPARD/AFP/Getty Images
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Shah Marai sitting in a helicopter with a member of the International Security Assistance Force while on assignment in Afghanistan

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