Reports Of Death "False", Was "Beaten By Taliban": Afghan Reporter

In July, Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, employed with news agency Reuters, was killed while reporting in Afghanistan's Kandahar.

Even as Tolo News, Afghanistan's first independent news channel, confirmed the death of its reporter Ziar Yaad Khan in Kabul, the man tweeted saying the report is false. Mr Khan said he was beaten by Taliban in Kabul's New City and was hit at gunpoint. "I was beaten by the Taliban in Kabul's New City while reporting. Cameras, technical equipment and my personal mobile phone have also been hijacked. Some people have spread the news of my death which is false.The The Taliban got out of an armored Land Cruiser and hit me at gunpoint," tweeted Mr Khan. In July, Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, employed with news agency Reuters, was killed while reporting in Afghanistan's Kandahar. Mr Siddiqui was riding along with the Afghan Special Forces, and had been reporting on their operations against the Taliban in the region. Reports say Danish Siddiqui was captured and executed and his body was mutilated.