M’sian-born journalist took Pulitzer-winning photos despite attack by insurgent

Photos from a war zone: This photo by Yam provided by Columbia University shows a military transport plane flying over residents as they gather around an incinerated vehicle destroyed by a US drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan. — AP

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian-born Los Angeles Times journalist Marcus Yam has won the Pulitzer Prize for his photographs of the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan, to Taliban fighters last year.

Yam won the award in the breaking news category.