Kabul-born Pulitizer prize-winning photojournalist Massoud Hossaini joined AFP in 2007 and AP in 2014. In 2021 he won the William Randolph Hearst Award for Excellence in Professional Journalism.
Hossaini filming anti-Taliban force positions in Balkh province, 2021. (PHOTO: Lynne O'Donnell)
Pulitzer Winning Photo: after explosions during a religious ceremony in Kabul, 2011. (PHOTO: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/GettyImages)
A protest against violence against women, Kabul, 2017. (PHOTO: Massoud Hossaini/AP)
Afghan National Amy commandos, Kabul, 2017. ( (PHOTO: Massoud Hossaini/AP)
Hazara ethnic girl students at class in Kabul, 2002. (PHOTO: Massoud Hossaini)
In a Marine Shinook helicopter, 2008. (PHOTO: Massoud Hossaini/AFP)
A foreign youth on her skateboard, the Sound Central Festival, Kabul, 2013. (PHOTO: Massoud Hossaini/AFP via Getty Images)
2007 in Kabul. (PHOTO: Massoud Hossaini/AFP)
NATO soldier opens fire toward journalists, 2014. (PHOTO: Massoud Hossaini/AP)
Midwife training, Mahmud Raqi, 2013. (PHOTO: Massoud Hossaini/ AFP via Getty Images)
Afghan footballers celebrate 3-0 win against Pakistan, Kabul, 2013. (PHOTO: Massoud Hossaini/AFP)
An Afghan man clears the snow from the roof of his house, Kabul, 2008. (PHOTO: Massoud Hossaini/AFP)
Pashtun tribe girl in market, Lashkargah city, southern Helmand province, 2005. (PHOTO: Massoud Hossaini)
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