Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photographer Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan
Famous photographer and Pulitzer Prize winner Danish Siddiqui has been killed. He was Reuters’ chief photographer. Danish Siddiqui was killed while reporting on the current tense situation in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar.
Spin Boldak, on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, is the site of a direct confrontation between Afghan forces and the Taliban. The Taliban has said it will not stop firing until 7,000 prisoners are released. Fleeing continues in war zones. The Danish came to Afghanistan to film Reuters for the conflict.
Siddiqui led Reuters’ multimedia team in India. The photographer who captured the seriousness of the protests against the citizenship law and the second wave of Kovid that rocked the country was killed. In the second Kovid wave filmed by the Danish, the image of the massacre of burnt men was seen burning en masse.
In 2018, Pulitzer sought Danish reports that reported the plight of Rohingya refugees.
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