Indian Journalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Kandahar, Afghanistan

Danish used to work for the news agency Reuters. For a few days, he was covering the current situation in Kandahar.

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Published on: 16 July 2021 10:09 AM GMT
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New Delhi: Indian journalist Danish Siddiqui has been murdered in Afghanistan. Danish used to work for the news agency Reuters. For a few days, he was covering the current situation in Kandahar.

Journalist Danish murdered:

According to Reuters news, on Friday, Danish was covering a war between Taliban fighters and the Afghan army. During this time he was murdered. Danish was also the head of the Reuters Pictures team in India.

Afghanistan's Ambassador Fareed Mamude has given this information on his Twitter handle on Friday. Danish Siddiqui's body has been recovered from the Spin Boldak area of ​​Kandahar. Gunshot marks were found on his head and hand. No information has been revealed about who committed the murder and what was the reason for it.

When the Special Forces of Afghanistan were on a rescue mission, Danish was present with them. Danish made a post on his Twitter handle on July 13. In this, he told that he is with the Afghan Special Forces fighting on many fronts throughout Afghanistan.

He wrote- 'I am with these youths on a mission. Today these forces were on rescue mission in Kandahar. Earlier these people were on a combat mission all night.

Reuters Journalist:

According to the report of Reuters, Danish Siddiqui was working on the mission of Special Forces of Afghanistan these days. During the mission, Afghan forces were rescuing a policeman who was separated from his comrades. Yet he continued to fight with the Taliban. Danish had shown in this report how the Taliban had attacked the convoy of Afghan forces with rockets and what was the situation after.

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