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July 19, 2021

Award-Winning Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui Killed While Covering Afghan Conflict
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In other news from Afghanistan, Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian
photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed while covering a clash
between Afghan security forces and the Taliban Friday. Siddiqui, a staff
journalist at Reuters since 2010, was embedded with members of
Afghanistan's elite special forces attempting to recover a district near
the border with Pakistan. Siddiqui is the first known journalist killed
in Afghanistan since U.S. and allied troops began their withdrawal. He
was just 38 years old and is survived by his wife and two children.


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