Pulitzer Winning Journalist Killed in Afghan-Taliban clashes

Pulitzer Award winning journalist Danish Siddiqui working for the news agency Reuters was killed while covering the Afghan-Taliban clashes. He was riding with Afghan forces and covering the conflict in Spin Boldak in the Kandahar district of Afghanistan.

Danish posted a thread of pictures on his personal Twitter handle two days back and mentioned what happened in Kandahar along with some brilliant pictures.

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Afghan Special Forces, the elite fighters are on various frontlines across the country. I tagged along with these young men for some missions. Here is what happened in Kandahar today while they were on a rescue mission after spending the whole night on a combat mission. pic.twitter.com/HMTbOOtDqN

— Danish Siddiqui (@dansiddiqui) July 13, 2021

Danish had received the Pulitzer prize for his extensive coverage of the Rohingya refugee crisis. He was known for Ahaving covered the Delhi 2020 riots, Nepal Earthquake and the Covid-19 pandemic.