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Indian journalist killed in Afghan-Pak border
2021-07-17
Yesterday we read that he’d been killed along with an Afghan Special Forces officer by Taliban crossfire, accompanied by an honour guard of Taliban gunnies.
[KhaamaPress] According to reports from southern Kandahar province, an Indian journalist was killed during the war in the Spinboldak district of Kandahar bordering Pakistain.

The Afghan journalists’ union confirmed the murder of Danish Siddiqui, an Indian photojournalist who used to work for Rooters.

The union said the journalist was killed last night during the war, he was in the area to cover the war in southern Afghanistan.

Danish was a Pulitzer prize winner and used to work as a photojournalist for Rooters. He had a degree in Mass Communication and as well as another degree in economics from Jamia Islamia, Delhi.

Amrullah Saleh, the first Vice-President of Afghanistan has said that the Pakistain army in the Spinboldak border has not allowed the Afghan airforce to conduct an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
on the Talibs.

However,
a clean conscience makes a soft pillow...
Pakistain has denied the claim by the Afghan VP, Amrullah Saleh.

Related: Reuters obituary
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  That vacancy is going to be a tough one to fill.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-07-17 05:55  

#2  The Afghan journalists’ union confirmed the murder of Danish Siddiqui, an Indian photojournalist who used to work for Rooters.

Rest in pieces.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-07-17 03:58  

#1  LMAO

I hope someone flies drones and clicks pictures during his last rites.
Posted by: Wren   2021-07-17 00:44  

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