Afghan policeman shoots dead AP reporter Niedringhaus --- Two journalists working for the Associated Press news agency have been shot by a police commander in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. -- One of the women, Anja Niedringhaus, died in the attack. Her colleague, Kathy Gannon, is reported to be stable. -- The attack took place in the town of Khost near the border with Pakistan -- The two journalists had been travelling with a convoy of election workers - protected by Afghan security forces - delivering ballots from the centre of Khost to the district of Tani, on the outskirts. -- They were in their own car with an interpreter and an AP freelancer, AP says. -- The freelancer said they had arrived in a heavily guarded compound shortly before the shooting. -- As they were waiting in the back seat of the car for the convoy to move, a unit commander shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great) and opened fire on them, the freelancer told AP. -- He then surrendered to the other police and was arrested, the agency adds. --- Anja Niedringhaus, 48, a German photojournalist who was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the war in Iraq, was killed instantly. -- Canadian-born Kathy Gannon, 60, who had been the AP's bureau chief in Afghanistan for many years and is currently a special correspondent for the region, was shot twice. -- She underwent surgery and is said to be in a stable condition. --- President Karzai expressed his sadness at the incident and pledged to carry out a full investigation. -- The interior ministry said the officer who shot the women had commanded a police unit, which had been under 48 hours of mortar attack from insurgents across the border in Pakistan. -- He may have mistakenly thought the car was carrying insurgents as the police were unaware that the journalists were travelling in the area, interior ministry spokesman Sidiq Siddiqi said. --- The district lies on the border with Pakistan's Waziristan region, with the Pakistan-based Haqqani network strong and influential in the area. -- Violence has increased across Afghanistan in recent weeks, ahead of the election, and foreign reporters have been among the victims. - More, BBC, at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26881347