Afghanistan, Reuters Danish photographer killed Siddiqui

Danish Siddiqui, an Indian photographer from Reuters, was killed in southern Afghanistan. Siddiqui was in Kandahar province to cover fighting between the Taliban and security forces that broke out in the Spin Boldak district when he was hit by a bullet, probably fired by a sniper, local sources reported. According to provincial government spokesman Bahir Ahmad Ahmadi, the photographer had been in Kandahar for two weeks. News of Siddiqui’s death was also confirmed by Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian, who did not provide further details, as noted by Najib Sharifi, head of the Afghan Journalists’ Security Committee based in Kabul, Siddiqui. is the second international photojournalist to lose his life in the Afghan conflict after the American David Gilkey in 2016.Siddiqui throughout his career has documented the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Rohingya refugee crisis, protests in Hong Kong and earthquakes in Nepal. He was part of a Reuters team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for covering the Rohingya crisis.