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Detailed explanation-1: -He was a photojournalist with international news agency Reuters and worked as a correspondent with the India Today Group from September 2008 to January 2010 .

Detailed explanation-2: -“I am deeply saddened with the shocking reports that Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed while covering the Taliban atrocities in Kandahar, ” he said.

Detailed explanation-3: -Danish Siddiqui. Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was not simply killed in a crossfire in Afghanistan, nor was he simply collateral damage, but was “brutally murdered” by the Taliban after verifying his identity, according to a report published in a U.S.-based magazine on Thursday.

Detailed explanation-4: -The family of Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, who was killed last year in Afghanistan, filed a formal complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday to investigate his killing and bring to trial the Taliban’s leadership for “committing war crimes."

Detailed explanation-5: -On July 16, 2021, slain photojournalist Danish Siddiqui died in Afghanistan while covering the Taliban’s reconquest of the country. In April 2022, Siddiqui becomes one of the four Indians to be honoured with the prestigious Pulitzer Prize 2022. Siddiqui, 38, was on assignment in Afghanistan last year when he died.