DNA Special: Is Journalist Danish Siddiqui s murder Taliban s message for India?
The Afghan army had an encounter with the Taliban and in this encounter, Danish Siddiqui and some soldiers from Afghanistan were killed.
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Updated: Jul 17, 2021, 06:42 AM IST
In Afghanistan today, Talibani terrorists brutally killed an Indian journalist Danish Siddiqui. Danish Siddiqui was a photo-journalist and since 2010, he was working for the international news agency Reuters. Recently, when photographs of burning bodies of corona patients in India were published in Western media newspapers, many of them were taken by Danish Siddiqui. That is why today in India, many people trolled him on social media and a section also rejoiced over his murder. But we feel that it is not right to do so. Danish Siddiqui was only fulfilling his duty as a journalist and he has lost his life while doing his job, so today is not the day to troll him, it is a day to pay tribute.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer was killed while reporting on the conflict between the Afghan army and the Taliban
Reuters News Agency’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer recorded the killing of the Afghan army and the Taliban in a battle near the strategic border crossing during the continued withdrawal of the U.S. and NATO troops on Friday.
Siddiqui, a 38-year-old Dane, has served in the Afghan Special Forces for the past few days and was killed when a commando fought to control the Spin Boldak border crossing in southern Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Siddiqui is a member of a team that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Thematic Photography for reporting on Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar. Recently, he captured scorching photos of India’s fight against COVID-19 and protests against the new agricultural law.
He was our eye : Pulitzer-winning photographer killed in Afghanistan Sat, 17 Jul 2021, 3:42PM
Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui covers the monsoon floods and landslides in the upper reaches of Govindghat, India. (Photo / AP) He was our eye : Pulitzer-winning photographer killed in Afghanistan Sat, 17 Jul 2021, 3:42PM
A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for the Reuters news service was killed Friday as he chronicled fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban near a strategic border crossing amid the continuing withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops.
Danish Siddiqui, 38, had been embedded with Afghan special forces for the past few days and was killed as the commando unit battled for control of the Spin Boldak crossing on the border between southern Afghanistan and Pakistan.
2021/07/17 08:20 Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui covers the monsoon floods and landslides in the upper reaches of Govindghat, India, Saturday, June 22, 2013. Afgh. Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui covers the monsoon floods and landslides in the upper reaches of Govindghat, India, Saturday, June 22, 2013. Afghan government forces battled Friday to retake a border crossing with Pakistan from Taliban insurgents, and the Reuters news agency said one of its photographers was killed in the area. Reuters said Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Siddiqui, who was embedded with the Afghan special forces, was killed Friday, July 16, 2021, as the commando unit sought to recapture Spin Boldak. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui covers the monsoon floods and landslides in the upper reaches of Govindghat, India
A Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for the Reuters news service was killed Friday as he chronicled fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban near a strategic border crossing amid the continuing withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops. Danish Siddiqui, 38, had been embedded with Afghan special forces for the past few days and was killed as the commando unit battled for control of the Spin Boldak crossing on the border between southern Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Siddiqui was part of a team that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for their coverage of Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar. More recently, he had captured searing images of Indiaâs struggle against COVID-19 and protests against new farming laws. Farhat Basir Khan, a professor of mass communications at Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi, lauded his former studentâs sens