Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was ‘brutally murdered’ by Taliban, US media report says

Photojournalists pay tribute to Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in Afghanistan, at the Press Club in Hyderabad on July 17, 2021. [ Courtesy]

Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui did not die in crossfire but was “brutally murdered” by the Taliban, an opinion piece in US news magazine Washington Examiner said Thursday.

Siddiqui, who was working for Reuters, died on 16 July while covering clashes between Afghan security forces and Taliban in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar, which borders Pakistan.