Reuters Photographer Killed In Kandahar

Danish Siddique was riding along with the Afghan Special Forces, and had been reporting on their operations against the Taliban in the region.

Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddique, employed with news agency Reuters, was killed while reporting in Afghanistan’s Kandahar on Thursday night.

Mr Siddique was riding along with the Afghan Special Forces, and had been reporting on their operations against the Taliban in the region.

In a series of tweets on July 13, the photojournalist recounted how the vehicle he was traveling in was targeted and that he “felt lucky to be safe”.

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The photojournalist headed Reuters’ multimedia team in India. His devastating drone images of funeral pyres during Covid’s brutal second wave in India had spotlighted global attention on the country.