A photojournalist was killed by Taliban fighters, Reuters says

A photojournalist has been killed in a Taliban attack while covering the terrorist organization's reconquering of the country this summer. Danish Siddiqui, 38, whom Reuters called a "star photojournalist," worked for the news agency and went to Afghanistan in July.

Siddiqui and two Afghan commandos were killed in a Taliban attack on July 16, while forces were trying to retake the key border town of Spin Boldak. Reuters says reports indicate he was trying to take photographs in the bazaar when he was first injured by shrapnel from a rocket. He had been in the country only a few days. The New Delhi-based Siddiqui had said he wanted to go. "If we don't go, who will?" he told his boss, according to Reuters.