Pulitzer-Winning Reuters Photographer, Danish Siddiqui, Killed In Taliban-Afghan Crossfire
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Pablo Luna / Friday, 16 Jul 2021 07:41PM
A photo-journalist for Reuters, Danish Siddiqui, has been killed in a crossfire between Afghan and Taliban forces at an Afghanistan town near the Pakistan border on Friday, CNN reported. Siddiqui, a 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography recipient, joined Reuters in 2010. He has covered war and refugees situations in Myanmar, Iraq, Hong Kong, India, and recently Afghanistan.
Earlier on Friday, before his reported death, Siddiqui reported that he was injured by shrapnel during the Afghan-Taliban crossfire and was recovering. He was however reported killed together with a senior Afghan officer while speaking with locals in the town. Reuters president Michael Friedenberg and Reuters editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni expressed dismay at the news of Siddiqui’s death and called for more information regarding his death.