Indrani sonowal
Washington july 30: Pulitzer prize winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was not simply killed in a crossfire in Afghanistan , nor was he simply collateral damage, but was “brutally murdered” by the Taliban after verifying his identity. Siddique 38,was on assignment in Afghanistan when he died .
The award winning journalist was killed while covering clashes between Afghan troops and the Taliban in spin Boldak district of Kandahar city. Siddique travelled with an Afghan National army team to the spin Boldak region to covers fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban to control the lucrative border crossing with Pakistan.
Siddique won the Pulitzer prize in 2018 as part of the Reuters team for their coverage of the pohingya crisis. Siddique was laid to rest at the jamia milla islamia graveyard where a sea of mourners gathered to pay their last respect, his body arrived at the Delhi airport in the evening of July 18 and was later brought to his residence in Jamia Nagar.