A player of the youth volleyball team of Afghanistan, Mahjubin Hakimi, was reportedly beheaded by the Taliban in Kabul. To report him to the Persian Independent is his coach, identified for security reasons with the pseudonym of Suraya Afzali. The girl, according to the woman, was allegedly murdered in early October, but the news was not disclosed by family members for fear of reprisals.
The volleyball player, before the Taliban came to power, played for the municipal team of the Afghan capital and for the country's youth team.
Only two players of the national team, explained the coach, managed to escape abroad, while all the others "were forced to flee and hide" and attempts to find "help from international organizations and countries were unsuccessful".
In recent weeks, about thirty athletes from the Afghanistan national volleyball team had already said they feared violence and reprisals by the Taliban for their sporting activity, asking the international community for help to leave the country.
According to the agency Dire da Matiullah Shirzad, director of Aamaj News, a newspaper with correspondents in the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, the girl's family allegedly said that Hakimi died in circumstances to be clarified before the entry of the Taliban in Kabul. and their seizure of power, which took place on 15 August. According to this reconstruction, "surely" the young woman was not killed by the militiamen.
To confirm this would be a document that establishes that the death of the young woman took place on the 22nd of the month of Mordad in the year 1400 in the Persian calendar, equivalent to 13 August 2021.
"Mahjabin, like many other girls in Italy and in the world, cultivated her passion for Volleyball in the Kabul Municipality Volleyball Club, but compared to other companions, she had not managed to leave Afghanistan in recent months - recalls Federvolley. - It seems impossible that in 2021 someone will be killed just because they play volleyball or, even worse, because they want to pursue their dreams.
"The whole great volleyball community - continues the Italian federation - is in mourning today. Mahjabin, wherever you are, we like to think of you with a ball in your hand, finally free to play volleyball".
(Unioneonline / vl)