The parents of Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui, who was killed in Afghanistan last year, have launched legal action against the Taliban terrorist group at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, 38, was killed on July 16, 2021 as the terrorist group gained control of the country. Siddiqui was accompanying an Afghan special forces unit to Spin Boldak, a town near the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, before his death. “On Tuesday, 22nd March, 2022, Danish Siddiqui’s parents, Akhtar Siddiqui and Shahida Akhtar will initiate legal action to investigate his killing and bring those responsible, including high level commanders and leaders of the Taliban, to justice,” the photojournalist’s family said in an official statement. Siddiqui was injured in an attack by the Taliban, and taken to a mosque for medical treatment, which also came under attack. He was then taken into custody, tortured, and murdered, the family statement said. “Danish, our …