Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province

According to sources quoted by Afghanistan's Tolo News channel, Siddiqui was killed in Kandahar's Spin Boldak district. It didn't provide any additional information.

Follow us on Google News

Danish Siddiqui, an Indian photojournalist, was killed in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province.

According to sources quoted by Afghanistan’s Tolo News channel, Siddiqui was killed in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak district. It didn’t provide any additional information.

Afghan ambassador Farid Mamundzay confirmed on Friday that Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed in Kandahar province while on a reporting assignment embedded with Afghan security forces.

“Deeply disturbed by the news of a friend, Danish Seddiqi, being killed in Kandahar last night. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian journalist was embedded with Afghan security forces. I met him two weeks ago, just before he flew to Kabul. “My heartfelt condolences to his family and Reuters,” Mamundzay wrote on Twitter.

In other Hindi tweets, Mamundzay claimed that Siddiqui, Reuters India’s chief photographer, was with “Afghan security forces when they were attacked by terrorists” in Kandahar province on Friday.

According to sources quoted by Afghanistan’s Tolo News channel, Siddiqui was killed in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak district. Sediq Karzai, an Afghan special forces commander in Kandahar, was also killed in the incident, according to the report.

logo

The Chenab Times News Desk

Independent Journalism • Public Interest

Stand With Independent Journalism

Independent journalism survives on public trust and public support. Your contribution helps The Chenab Times continue reporting, questioning power and bringing unheard voices to the forefront.

Choose Your Monthly Support

Supporter

₹99 per month

A small contribution. A meaningful difference.

SUPPORT WITH ₹99

Champion

₹499 per month

Strengthen our public-interest journalism.

SUPPORT WITH ₹499

Guardian

₹999 per month

Be a strong pillar of independent journalism.

SUPPORT WITH ₹999

Prefer a One-Time Contribution?

Every contribution counts. Support our work with an amount of your choice.

Secure payments via Razorpay
Independent. Reader-supported. Committed to public interest.
Recurring payment terms and cancellation are subject to the selected payment plan.

3 COMMENTS

  1. hey there and thank you for your information – I have definitely
    picked up anything new from right here. I did however expertise
    several technical points using this web site, as
    I experienced to reload the site a lot of times previous to I could get it
    to load properly. I had been wondering if your web hosting is OK?
    Not that I am complaining, but sluggish loading instances times
    will sometimes affect your placement in google
    and could damage your high quality score if ads
    and marketing with Adwords. Anyway I’m adding this RSS to my email
    and could look out for a lot more of your respective intriguing content.
    Ensure that you update this again soon.