Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed during coverage in violence-hit Kandahar, ambassador expressed grief
An Indian journalist has been murdered in violence-hit Kandahar, Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Ambassador Fareed Mamundje informed on Friday that Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed during his coverage in Kandahar on Thursday. He was reporting with Afghan security forces in Kandahar. Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was a Pulitzer Prize winner.
Afghan Ambassador Farid Mamundje tweeted: “Deeply disturbed by the sad news of the killing of a friend Danish Siddiqui in Kandahar last night. Indian journalists and Pulitzer Prize winners were doing coverage with Afghan security forces. I met him 2 weeks ago before he left for Kabul. Condolences to his family and to Reuters.
Afghanistan’s Tolo news channel quoted sources as saying that Siddiqui was killed in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak district. However, it did not provide further details about the incident. Siddiqui recently reported on an Afghan special forces mission to rescue a policeman, describing how the policeman was separated from his comrades and fought the Taliban alone for hours. Danik also included photographs in his report of rockets targeting vehicles of Afghan forces.
