Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who was working with news agency Reuters, has been killed in clashes in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar. Based in Mumbai, he was covering the situation in the province as Taliban took over the key border crossing with Pakistan.

The Indian journalist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize was embedded with Afghan security forces," Afghanistan’s Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay tweeted on Friday. “I met him two weeks ago before his departure to Kabul. Condolences to his family & Reuters," he added.

Siddiqui, in his early 40s, graduated with a degree in Economics from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. He had a degree in Mass Communication from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia in 2007. He started his career as a television news correspondent, switched to photojournalism, and joined Reuters as an intern in 2010.

Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who was working with news agency Reuters, has been killed in clashes in Spin Boldak district in Kandahar. Based in Mumbai, he was covering the situation in the province as Taliban took over the key border crossing with Pakistan.

The Indian journalist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize was embedded with Afghan security forces," Afghanistan’s Ambassador to India Farid Mamundzay tweeted on Friday. “I met him two weeks ago before his departure to Kabul. Condolences to his family & Reuters," he added.

Siddiqui, in his early 40s, graduated with a degree in Economics from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. He had a degree in Mass Communication from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia in 2007. He started his career as a television news correspondent, switched to photojournalism, and joined Reuters as an intern in 2010.