David Gilkey, an NPR photojournalist who documented tragedy and hope, was killed in Afghanistan in 2016 along with NPR's ...

Gilkey died on June 5, 2016 while on assignment for NPR, traveling in an armored Humvee in southern Afghanistan when his ...

It's been exactly a decade since award-winning NPR photojournalist David Gilkey and NPR interpreter Zaihullah Tamanna were ...

June 5, 2026 • David Gilkey, an NPR photojournalist who documented tragedy and hope, was killed in Afghanistan in 2016 along with NPR's Afghan interpreter and fellow journalist Zabihullah Tamanna.

Thousands of Afghans in a remote village gather during a campaign rally for Afghan President Hamid Karzai. From the story "Afghan President Karzai Rallies Support," 2009. Photojournalist David Gilkey ...

Family, friends and colleagues are mourning the deaths of NPR journalist David Gilkey and his interpreter, Zabihullah Tamanna, who were killed while on assignment in Afghanistan yesterday. The two men ...

How do you cover an incomprehensible disaster and make people connect with the real lives behind the headlines? David Gilkey knew how. His photos have helped define our coverage of global health and ...

David Gilkey and NPR's Afghan interpreter and fellow journalist Zabihullah Tamanna were killed June 5, 2016, near Marjah, in southern Afghanistan. They were traveling with an Afghan army unit when the ...

Photojournalist David Gilkey was killed in Afghanistan on Sunday after a rocket-propelled grenade hit his armored Humvee. Also killed were his NPR colleague, interpreter Zabihullah Tamanna, and an ...