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Parents of Reuters photographer killed in Afghanistan start legal action against Taliban

FILE PHOTO: Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in Afghanistan last year, poses for a picture at Columbia University's Low Memorial Library during the Pulitzer Prize giving ceremony, in New York, U.S., May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo

The parents of Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in a Taliban attack in Afghanistan last year, have begun legal action at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Islamist group, a lawyer for the family said on Tuesday.

Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize winner, was embedded with Afghan special forces when killed on July 16 during a failed attempt by government troops to retake Spin Boldak, a town near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, from the Taliban.

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