Shah Marai

Shah Marai
Born(1977-02-05)February 5, 1977
Died(2018-04-30)30 April 2018
OccupationJournalist

Shah Marai (5 February 1977 - 30 April 2018) was an Afghan journalist and photographer. He was chief photographer for Agence France-Presse's Kabul Bureau from 1996 to his death in 2018. In total, AFP distributed more than 18,000 of his pictures. He was one of the casualties of the suicide bombing in Afghanistan on 30 April 2018. He was survived by his wife and six children.