11 Facts About Kathy Gannon

Kathy M Gannon was born on 1954 and is a Canadian journalist and news director of the Associated Press for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

In 2014, Gannon was attacked and wounded while reporting from Afghanistan.

Kathy Gannon received extensive coverage as she struggled to recover from her wounds and return to war reporting.

Kathy Gannon was born in Timmins, Ontario, the youngest of six children.

Kathy Gannon was a freelance journalist in Israel before 1988, when she began reporting on Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Kathy Gannon's early reporting focused on the mujahedeen during the Soviet-Afghan war.

Kathy Gannon returned by October 23,2001, where she was "the only Western journalist to see the last weeks of Taliban rule".

Kathy Gannon then sat down and surrendered to his colleagues.

Kathy Gannon was rushed to a hospital in Khost, where she underwent an emergency operation which saved her life.

Kathy Gannon was found guilty by a court in July 2014 and set to be executed.

Kathy Gannon returned to journalism two years after the attack, working for eight more years before retiring in 2022.