Danish Siddiqui, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Indian Photojournalist Killed In Afghanistan
Danish Siddiqui, an Indian photojournalist working with Reuters news agency has been killed during clashes in Afghanistan, where he was gone for reporting. According to Afghan media, Siddiqui was killed in clashes in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar on Thursday night.
Danish Siddiqui, an Indian photojournalist working with Reuters news agency has been killed during clashes in Afghanistan, where he was gone for reporting.
According to Afghan media, Siddiqui was killed in clashes in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar on Thursday night.
Danish Siddiqui, a Reuters photojournalist, was killed in clashes in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar, sources confirmed.
¡ª TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) July 16, 2021
The Indian journalist was covering the situation in Kandahar over the last few days. pic.twitter.com/VdvIRGAEa3
He was reportedly embedded with the Afghan forces who had clashed with Taliban fighters in Spin Boldak after an operation was launched to retake the vital border crossing with Pakistan on Friday.
Got a 15 minute break during almost 15 hours of back to back missions. pic.twitter.com/Y33vJYIUlr
¡ª Danish Siddiqui (@dansiddiqui) July 13, 2021
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¡ª Danish Siddiqui (@dansiddiqui) July 13, 2021
Afghan Special Forces, the elite fighters are on various frontlines across the country. I tagged along with these young men for some missions. Here is what happened in Kandahar today while they were on a rescue mission after spending the whole night on a combat mission. pic.twitter.com/HMTbOOtDqN
I could feel the tension in the air as ASF were expecting an imminent attack from the Taliban. There was sporadic machine gun fire but all hell broke loose as the Humvees reached the extraction point. pic.twitter.com/TqnnqiuTUr
¡ª Danish Siddiqui (@dansiddiqui) July 13, 2021
In 2018, Siddiqui became the first Indian, along with his colleague Adnan Abidi, to win the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis.
"Deeply disturbed by the sad news of the killing of a friend, Danish Seddiqi in Kandahar last night (Thursday). The Indian Journalist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize was embedded with Afghan security forces," Afghanistan's Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay tweeted on Friday.
"I met him 2 weeks ago before his departure to Kabul. Condolences to his family & Reuters," Mamundzay said.
Danish graduated with a degree in Economics from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. He had a degree in Mass Communication from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia in 2007.
He started his career as a television news correspondent, switched to photojournalism, and joined Reuters as an intern in 2010.
Bobins Abraham is the Assistant News Editor at Indiatimes. He has more than twelve years of experience in TV and digital journalism. An avid student of history and geopolitics, he is a conservationist and environmentalist at heart. He writes on environment, sustainability, human-animal conflict and more.
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