New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- The Danish Siddiqui Foundation on Saturday asked for India's assistance in pursuing justice for Danish Siddiqui, an acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian journalist, who was killed by the Taliban in 2021.

The Foundation stated that the visit of Afghanistan's Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, can be leveraged to request justice for Siddiqui.

"As the Taliban Foreign Minister visits India, we renew our call for justice. Danish Siddiqui, an acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian journalist, was captured, tortured, and killed in Afghanistan in 2021 while reporting from the field. We seek the assistance of the Government of India in pursuing justice through the International Criminal Court and the United Nations Hu...