CNBC: Reuters journalist killed covering clash between Afghan forces, Taliban
Journalist Danish Siddiqui was killed on Friday while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan.
Siddiqui was killed in what is being described as Taliban crossfire. He was just embedded with Afghan special forces earlier this week.
Danish Siddiqui covered war zones and crises from Iraq to Hong Kong to Nepal. He was killed on Friday covering Afghan-Taliban clashes near the Pakistan border. Here is some of the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer's best work from the past decade: https://t.co/HnoHFKTyFS pic.twitter.com/Asz4vVFMnh
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