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Reuters photojournalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Danish Siddiqui was killed during clashes in Afghanistan’s Spin Boldak district, TOLONews reported on Friday.
The Indian photojournalist was in Kandahar covering Afghanistan’s internal security crisis following the withdrawal of foreign troops over the last few days.
Siddiqui and his colleague Adnan Abidi were a part of the Reuters team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography in 2018 for its reporting on the Rohingya refugee crisis.
He was praised for his coverage of the Nepal earthquakein 2015, Mosul in 2016-17 and the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests in 2019–2020. Closer home, Siddiqui extensively covered the 2020 Delhi riots, the farmers’ protests and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said Indian Ambassador in Kabul is in touch with Afghan authorities. He said they are keeping his family informed of the developments.