Pulitzer Prize-winning Reuters Chief Photographer Danish Siddiqui has been killed in clashes that ensued in Kandahar’s Spin Boldak district, metropolis in Afghanistan, state media Tolo Information confirmed.
The Indian journalist was protecting the scenario in Kandahar over the previous couple of days.
AFP reported that Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in Spin Boldak after an operation was launched to retake the very important border crossing with Pakistan on Friday.
On June 13, he had reported that the automobile he and different particular forces have been travelling in was focused with no less than 3 RPG rounds and different weapons.
“I used to be fortunate to be protected and seize the visible of one of many rockets hitting the armour plate overhead,” he stated in of his tweets.
He frequently shared his work on social media and his final tweets lined Afghanistan — a rustic the place the Taliban is at the moment making territorial positive aspects at a time when america and its allied armies are withdrawing
Siddiqui had been actively posting pictures of the Afghan Particular Forces on varied frontlines throughout the nation.
He final posted images on Instagram, on July 15 which had footage documenting what he was witnessing there.
Amongst different news occasions, Siddiqui had lined the Nepal earthquake in 2015, Battle of Mosul in 2016-17, the 2019–2020 protests in Hong Kong, the 2020 Delhi riots and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Siddiqui was based mostly in Mumbai. He had acquired the Pulitzer Prize as a part of the Pictures workers of Reuters.
Danish graduated with a level in Economics from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. He had a level in Mass Communication from the AJK Mass Communication Analysis Centre at Jamia in 2007.
He began his profession as a tv news correspondent, switched to photojournalism, and joined Reuters as an intern in 2010.
This comes because the Taliban captured Spin Boldak district in Kandahar this week. Fierce preventing has been underway in Kandahar, particularly in Spin Boldak, for the previous couple of days.