Family of Afghan volleyball player say she was not killed by Taliban after coach claimed she had been beheaded

THE household of an Afghan volleyball participant reportedly beheaded by the Taliban have stated she wasn’t killed by the militants.

Mahjabin Hakimi’s coach claimed she was killed earlier this month and alleged photos of her severed head had appeared on social media.

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His claims had been reported by the Persian Unbiased web site and had been picked up by information retailers internationally.

Certainly one of Mahjabin’s crew mates, who fled from Afghanistan to the UK in August, instructed the BBC a member of the squad had been murdered by the Taliban.

However now her household have stated she wasn’t actually killed by the Taliban, although the precise circumstances of her loss of life stay unclear.

One member of the family instructed the Alt Information web site she died on August 6.

The relative additionally shared a picture of Mahjabin’s tombstone which had the date of her loss of life inscribed on it.

Her brother Skandar Hakimi modified his Fb profile to a black circle on August 7 and in feedback, an individual wrote “we pray to your sister”.

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Two days later he posted an image of her with the phrases: “I’ll at all times be happy with you pricey Sister.”

She was wearing navy fatigues and carrying a gun and it was reported she was a police officer or a member the Afghan Nationwide Military.

Buddies of Mahjabin posted photos of her and a tribute on August 9.

Photos of Mahjabin’s physique have circulated on social media however seem to point out she had not been beheaded.

Indian journalist Deepa Okay. Mother or father tweeted that she had additionally spoken to Mahjabin’s household and eliminated and deleted tweets about her loss of life because of the “deceptive” experiences.

Mahjabin had performed for the Kabul Municipality Volleyball Membership earlier than the Taliban’s takeover in late August.

In September, gamers from Afghanistan’s nationwide volleyball crew stated they had been in hiding from the insurgents.

COACH’S CLAIM

Zahra Fayazi, who fled to the UK in August, stated a member of the squad had been murdered by the Taliban.

“Our gamers who had been residing within the provinces needed to depart and reside elsewhere,” she instructed the BBC.

“They even burned their sports activities tools to save lots of themselves and their households. They did not need them to maintain something associated to sport. They’re scared.

“Lots of our gamers who’re from provinces had been threatened many instances by their kinfolk who’re Taliban and Taliban followers.

“The Taliban requested our gamers’ households to not enable their women to do sport, in any other case they are going to be confronted with sudden violence.”.

Zahra instructed the BBC that one in every of her teammates had been killed – though the main points round her loss of life remained unclear on the time.

One former participant on the crew, who used the pseudonym Sophia to guard her household in Afghanistan, fled to a neighbouring nation in 2019 after she was stabbed by two males within the capital Kabul.

PLAYERS THREATENED

Sophia had been in common contact together with her teammates and stated that one woman had been shot in August.

“I am certain it was the Taliban,” Sophia instructed the BBC.

“At the moment the Taliban was overtaking all the cities and there have been no different teams that might do that.

“She was solely a participant and she or he did not do something for individuals to wish to assault her.”

For the reason that Taliban seized energy in Afghanistan they claimed they’d not implement the strict oppressive legal guidelines of the 90s, when females had been largely excluded from schooling and work.

The Taliban’s schooling authority had stated that this time girls will probably be allowed to attend college.

However the order states that courses have to be segregated by intercourse, or at the least divided by a curtain and the scholars should put on an abaya gown and a niqab.

And underneath the brutal Taliban regime, feminine college students should solely be taught by girls or “previous males” of fine character – and finish their lesson 5 minutes sooner than males to cease them from mingling exterior.

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