Photos: Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui's last work from Kandahar, Afghanistan
Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize winner, was killed in Kandahar province while on a reporting assignment embedded with Afghan security forces, Afghan ambassador Farid Mamundzay said on July 16. Siddiqui, the chief photographer for Reuters in India, was with Afghan security forces when they were attacked in Kandahar province. A selection of photographs from his last assignment in Afghanistan.
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A member of the Afghan Special Forces keeps a watch as others search a house during a combat mission against Taliban, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan on July 12.(Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)
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Members of the Afghan Special Forces tend to an Afghan National Army soldier injured during a firefight with Taliban, who tried to attack a district centre in Kandahar province, Afghanistan on July 12.(Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)
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A member of the Afghan Special Forces evacuates an Afghan National Army soldier injured during a firefight with Taliban, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan on July 12.(Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)
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Members of the Afghan Special Forces leave after a combat mission against Taliban, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan on July 13. Siddiqui had been embedded with Afghan special forces in southern Kandahar province since earlier this week and was reporting on fighting between Afghan commandos and Taliban fighters.(Danish Siddiqui / REUTERS)
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