Reuters’ chief photographer Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan

Reuters’ chief photographer Danish Siddiqui was killed in Afghanistan whereas overlaying clashes in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist had been overlaying the state of affairs in Kandahar over the previous couple of days, Afghan information channel TOLOnews reported.

The Humvee wherein I used to be travelling with different particular forces was additionally focused by at the very least 3 RPG rounds and different weapons. I used to be fortunate to be protected and seize the visible of one of many rockets hitting the armour plate overhead. pic.twitter.com/wipJmmtupp
— Danish Siddiqui (@dansiddiqui) July 13, 2021
Afghan forces clashed with Taliban fighters in Spin Boldask after they launched an operation to retake the important border crossing with Pakistan, AFP reported.