Afghanistan: Hours after the news of Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui’s demise in Afghanistan shocked the country, the Taliban denied a role in his death.
“We are not aware during whose firing the journalist was killed. We do not know how he died,” Taliban’s spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid told an Indian news media channel.
The Taliban has said it does know how Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed and expressed regret over the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist’s death in Afghanistan’s Kandahar during clashes between its fighters and Afghan forces.
“Any journalist entering the war zone should inform us. We will take proper care of that particular individual,” Mujahid was quoted.
“We are sorry for Indian journalist Danish Siddiqui’s death. We regret that journalists are entering war zone without intimation to us,” he added.
Danish Siddiqui, a Reuters journalist, was killed on Friday while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan.
