Watch: Afghan official confirms Danish Siddiqui was executed by Taliban

Ajmal Omar Shinwari, Spokesperson, Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF), has officially confirmed that Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was captured and executed by the Taliban.

A Pulitzer Prize winner, Danish Siddiqui was killed while covering clashes between Afghan troops and the Taliban in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar city.

Shinwari also repeated the claim made by other Afghanistan government officials that the Taliban are funded and supported by Pakistan. "Its a proxy war that the Afghanistan government is fighting," he said.