Rafiq Maqbool is Pulitzer finalist


Rising Kashmir News

Srinagar, April 14: The photographers of the Associated Press have been chosen as finalists of 2010 Pulitzer Prize for “unforgettable images that take viewers to the frontlines of America’s war in Afghanistan”.

Of the five photographers credited for their work, one is Kashmir-born Rafiq Maqbool. The “conflict-photographer” has been with AP since 2001 and has covered the Afghanistan war since 2003.

He took the photo chosen for Pulitzer on 1st June 2009.

The photograph shows US medical personnel treat US Pfc Anthony Vandegrift of Mililani Hawaii of Bravo Company 287, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division in the emergency room at the US hospital in Bagram airbase, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, after he was wounded at a roadside bomb in Nerkh district of Wardak province.