Indian journalist Danish Siddiqui shot dead in Afghanistan during the coverage

  • Danish Siddiqui, a Reuters journalist who had gone to cover the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, was shot dead.
  • Siddiqui was counted among the best photographers in the world. He was currently working with various international agencies apart from Reuters.
  • Danish used to share photos and videos of the Taliban on his Twitter handle amidst the growing dominance of the Taliban in Kandahar within Afghanistan.
  • He was awarded with the Pulitzer Award for the best coverage amid the Corona crisis. He received this award in the Rohingya case.
  • In the past, many pictures of Danish had made a lot of headlines amidst Delhi violence, lockdown, corona crisis and oxygen problems.