Bangladesh, July 18 -- The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) has expressed deep shock at the passing away of photojournalist Danish Siddiqui in the call of professional duty in Afghanistan.

Siddiqui, 40, a Reuters photographer, had been embedded as a journalist with Afghan Special Forces based out of Kandahar and "had been reporting on fighting between Afghan commandos and Taliban fighters", Reuters said.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist, Danish Siddiqui was killed July 16, 2021 while covering bloody clashes between Afghan security forces and the Taliban in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan.

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