Taliban: Taliban behead member of Afghan women’s volleyball team – Times of India

New Delhi: Mahjubin HakimiA member of the Afghan women’s national volleyball team, which played in the younger age group, was beheaded. Taliban in Kabul.
in an interview with Persian independent, surya afzalik (a pseudonym), one of the coaches of the Afghan women’s national volleyball team confirmed that the athlete was killed, but said that no one other than Mehjabeen’s family knew the exact time and manner of the incident.
played for mahbeen Kabul Municipality Volleyball Club Before the fall of the previous Afghan government and was one of the club’s most successful players.
The report mentions that Suraya Afzali said that Mehjabeen Hakimi was probably murdered in early October, and that the issue was hidden because her family was threatened not to talk to anyone about it.
According to Afzali, after the fall of the previous government, female athletes in Afghanistan faced a serious security threat, and the Taliban followed them and searched the homes of many of them in various cities.
Many female athletes, especially members of the Afghan women’s volleyball team, who have competed in foreign and domestic competitions and appeared in media events, are in grave danger.
The coach of the Afghan women’s national volleyball team said that only two players on the team were able to leave Afghanistan through individual action, and that the rest of the team is in danger and panic inside Afghanistan.
“All the players in the volleyball team and the rest of the female athletes are in bad shape and are in despair and fear,” Afzali said.
“All have been forced to flee and live in undisclosed locations. Attempts to gain the support of foreign organizations and countries to leave Afghanistan have so far been unsuccessful,” the report said.
Mehjabeen’s death has fueled fears of being targeted by the Taliban and those who have long sought to disrupt the women’s sport.
With the Taliban taking control of Afghanistan, all women’s activities in the sports, political and social spheres have ceased, and there are still concerns about continuing restrictions on the life and work and safety of women active in the social sphere.

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