(Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed Friday in Afghanistan while covering fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban. According to a report from Reuters, Siddiqui was in Afghanistan embedded with Afghan special forces in Kandahar since early this week and was killed in what was described as Taliban crossfire. Michael Friedenberg, president of Reuters, and Alessandra Galloni, the news agency’s editor in chief, released the following statement about Siddiqui:We are deeply saddened to learn that our photographer, Danish Siddiqui, has been killed in Afghanistan. Danish was embedded with the Afghan special forces in Kandahar province when they came under attack on Friday morning. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)A soldier eats ice cream as she visits a zoo in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sept. 12, 2018.

Source: Washington Post July 16, 2021 15:45 UTC