• Media, the Taliban behead a young volleyball player

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October 23, 2021: The family of Afghan volleyball player Mahjabin Hakimi denies that she was murdered and beheaded by the Taliban, as reported in recent days by various international media.

Alt News reported this citing journalist Deepa K. Parent, who told on Twitter that he had spoken with the young woman's family, who denied that she was murdered by Islamic extremists and said that those "news about the cause of her death are misleading. "



According to Alt News, the woman actually died about ten days before the Taliban took power in Kabul on August 15: the newspaper went back to the Facebook profile of the athlete's brother, who changed his image on August 7. publishing a black background, receiving dozens of condolence comments, one of them referring to "your dear sister".