New Delhi: Danish Siddiqui, Reuters India chief photographer, got killed in Afghanistan while covering clashes in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar. The journalist won the Pulitzer Prize back in 2018. He had been covering the situation in Kandahar over the last few days, reported the Afghan news channel TOLOnews.
Afghanistan’s Ambassador to India Farid, Mamundzay, shared the news on Twitter. He tweeted, “Deeply disturbed by the sad news of the killing of a friend, Danish Seddiqi in Kandahar last night. The Indian Journalist & winner of Pulitzer Prize was embedded with Afghan security forces. I met him 2 weeks ago before his departure to Kabul. Condolences to his family & Reuters”.
Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in Spin Boldask after the launch of an operation to retake the vital border crossing with Pakistan.
Siddiqui and his colleague Adnan Abidi became the first Indians to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for the documentation the Rohingya refugee crisis. Siddiqui also actively covered the 2020 Delhi riots, the Nepal earthquake in 2015, Covid-19 pandemic, Battle of Mosul in 2016-17, and the 2019–2020 protests in Hong Kong. He will always be remembered as an example of credible and fearless journalist.