Why was Pulitzer Prize winner journalist killed in Afghanistan? | Matrabhumi (16 July, 2021)

Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize winner, was killed in Afghanistan while on a reporting assignment, Afghan ambassador Farid Mamundzay said on Friday.

A resident of Delhi, Siddiqui was on a reporting assignment with the Afghan security forces when he was killed.

Siddiqui was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for his coverage of the Rohingya issue. He was a student of Jamia University and his father has been a professor at the university.