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In pictures: Remembering photographer Shah Marai

Shah Marai, the chief photographer for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Kabul, has been killed in a bombing in the Afghan capital. Here we present a small selection of his work documenting his homeland.

Marai regularly photographed the site of suicide bombings. Here, residents inspect one outside a voter registration centre on 22 April this year

Shah Marai / AFP Afghan residents inspect the site of a suicide bombing outside a voter registration centre in Kabul on 22 April 2018 — Marai regularly photographed the site of suicide bombings. Here, residents inspect one outside a voter registration centre on 22 April this year

An Afghan man digs a grave for one of the victims of a suicide attack this year that killed nearly 60 people including children

Shah Marai / AFP An Afghan man digs a grave, 2018 — An Afghan man digs a grave for one of the victims of a suicide attack this year that killed nearly 60 people including children

Two Afghan women weep for their relatives at a hospital following explosions at a cultural centre in Kabul in 2017

Shah Marai / AFP Two Afghan women weep for their relatives at a hospital following explosions at a Shiite cultural centre in Kabul, 2017 — Two Afghan women weep for their relatives at a hospital following explosions at a cultural centre in Kabul in 2017

Marai also covered political events in the country. Here then Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US Senator John Kerry were pictured laughing during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul in 2009

Shah Marai / AFP US Senator John Kerry laugh with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, 20 October 2009 — Marai also covered political events in the country. Here then Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US Senator John Kerry were pictured laughing during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul in 2009

Ten years ago, Marai was at Camp Bastion in Helmand when then British PM Gordon Brown addressed British soldiers

Shah Marai / AFP British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses British soldiers of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, 21 August 2008 — Ten years ago, Marai was at Camp Bastion in Helmand when then British PM Gordon Brown addressed British soldiers

In 2009 Marai photographed a supporter of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah caught in a beam of light as she made her way to a campaign event

Shah Marai / AFP A supporter of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, one of the 41 contenders in the upcoming election, makes her way to a campaign event in Kabul on 4 August 2009 — In 2009 Marai photographed a supporter of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah caught in a beam of light as she made her way to a campaign event

Marai also documented daily life and some of the more positive events in the country. Here a child is given the polio vaccine during a countrywide immunisation campaign in 2010

Shah Marai / AFP An Afghan health worker administers polio vaccine to a child on the first day of a vaccination campaign in Kabul on October 3, 201 — Marai also documented daily life and some of the more positive events in the country. Here a child is given the polio vaccine during a countrywide immunisation campaign in 2010

After years of being cloistered in their homes during Taliban rule, in 2008 Afghan women were pictured by Marai as they attended a gym in Herat

Shah Marai / AFP Afghan women exercise at the Setara Sahar Afghan Bodybuilding Gym in Herat, 2008 — After years of being cloistered in their homes during Taliban rule, in 2008 Afghan women were pictured by Marai as they attended a gym in Herat

Afghans on a fairground ride at the Park Shahar or City Park, in Kabul

Shah Marai / AFP Afghan visitors ride a fairground ride at the Park Shahar or City Park, in Kabul — Afghans on a fairground ride at the Park Shahar or City Park, in Kabul

This picture by Marai from 2017 shows some of the thousands of films hidden from the Taliban in the mid-1990s that are now being digitised

Shah Marai / AFP An employee taking a film reel to be digitised at the state-run Afghan Film department in Kabul — This picture by Marai from 2017 shows some of the thousands of films hidden from the Taliban in the mid-1990s that are now being digitised

An Afghan man walks along a path under snow-laden trees in Kabul

Shai Marai / AFP An Afghan man walks along a path under snow-laden trees in Kabul, 2017 — An Afghan man walks along a path under snow-laden trees in Kabul

In the early 2000s, Afghanistan's roads and valleys were littered with the debris of war, mostly Soviet vehicles destroyed by Mujaheedin fighters during the 1979-1989 period of occupation. Here Marai photographed children playing on an abandoned Soviet tank in the Panjshir valley

Shah Maria / AFP Afghan children play on the turret of an abandoned Soviet tank in the Panjshir valley , 2003 — In the early 2000s, Afghanistan's roads and valleys were littered with the debris of war, mostly Soviet vehicles destroyed by Mujaheedin fighters during the 1979-1989 period of occupation. Here Marai photographed children playing on an abandoned Soviet tank in the Panjshir valley

This girl was one of more than 6,000 refugees returning to Afghanistan from Iran in 2008

Shah Marai / AFP An Afghan girl from a family which returned from Iran covers her face as she stands in front of her tent on the outskirts of Kabul, February 2008 — This girl was one of more than 6,000 refugees returning to Afghanistan from Iran in 2008

All photographs Shah Marai / AFP