{"id":100984,"date":"2021-08-20T18:09:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T12:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=100984"},"modified":"2021-08-20T18:09:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T12:39:32","slug":"old-image-of-farkhundas-lynching-shared-as-afgans-pilot-safiya-firozi-stoned-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-farkhundas-lynching-shared-as-afgans-pilot-safiya-firozi-stoned-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Old image falsely shared as Afghani female pilot stoned to death after Taliban&#8217;s takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter user @SangeetSagar13 recently shared a picture and wrote, &#8220;Safiya Firozi, one of the four lady pilots of the Afghan Air Force. Stoned to death in public this morning.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/xHIJg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100985 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-58.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-58.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-58-250x300.jpeg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another user @rakesh_bstpyp, who describes himself as a &#8216;nationalist&#8217; writer, also made the same claim while sharing this picture. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/cvZXW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100986 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-59.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-59.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-59-192x300.jpeg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A screenshot of the aforementioned tweet by @SangeetSagar13 is widespread on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=safiya%20firozi&amp;sde=AbqTW_AvmKtZBi9huffAYFmHMsZnhmZ1r7UAavZaEObSiggtTD6NNiopA0Rvq20g3uJA_fIshl8JqSIh3l8iy0_nA0gRN6cW4u-1iA9wZ1-PU3TOUt_nB5JnL-KJ3hSZjes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>. Apart from this, Alt News also received a request to investigate the photo on our WhatsApp number (76000 11160).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-100984 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-farkhundas-lynching-shared-as-afgans-pilot-safiya-firozi-stoned-to-death\/1-107\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1458\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1-9.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1-9.jpeg 1458w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1-9-300x172.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1-9-1024x587.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/1-9-768x440.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1458px) 100vw, 1458px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-farkhundas-lynching-shared-as-afgans-pilot-safiya-firozi-stoned-to-death\/2-97\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2-8.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2-8.jpeg 677w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/2-8-244x300.jpeg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-farkhundas-lynching-shared-as-afgans-pilot-safiya-firozi-stoned-to-death\/3-83\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-8.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-8.jpeg 675w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/3-8-252x300.jpeg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-farkhundas-lynching-shared-as-afgans-pilot-safiya-firozi-stoned-to-death\/4-72\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"822\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/4-8.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/4-8.jpeg 674w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/4-8-246x300.jpeg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-farkhundas-lynching-shared-as-afgans-pilot-safiya-firozi-stoned-to-death\/5-52\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/5-5.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/5-5.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/5-5-300x290.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/5-5-1024x990.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/5-5-768x742.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-farkhundas-lynching-shared-as-afgans-pilot-safiya-firozi-stoned-to-death\/6-43\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1425\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/6-3.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/6-3.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/6-3-227x300.jpeg 227w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/6-3-776x1024.jpeg 776w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/6-3-768x1013.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We performed a reverse image search which led us to a <a href=\"http:\/\/hambastagi.org\/new\/en\/report\/2434-commemorating-third-year-of-farkhunda-lynching.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news report from 2018<\/a> stating that three years had passed since the Farkhunda lynching in Kabul. According to the report, locals gathered in front of the Farkhunda memorial to commemorate the third year since the lynching of an innocent young woman. The crowd also carried posters condemning crimes against women like Farkhunda, Rukhshana, Shukria Tabasum, victims of the Mirzaolang massacre, and several others who were harassed, tortured, and murdered. One of the posters seen in the photo accompanying this article resembles the woman in the image in question.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100988 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-60.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-60.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-60-300x280.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-60-768x717.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also came across a video story by The New York Times dated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/world\/asia\/100000004108808\/the-killing-of-farkhunda.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 26, 2015<\/a>, through a keyword search. Here, the narrator can be heard saying, \u201cFarkhunda Malikzada, a 27-year-old Muslim woman, was killed after being falsely accused of burning the Quran. The incident was witnessed and recorded by thousands of people.&#8221; <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100989 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-61.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-61.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-61-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-61-768x435.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-32564886\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC report from May 2015<\/a> states that Farkhunda Malikzada had died on March 19. Investigations revealed that she had been wrongly accused of burning the Quran. 49 people were arrested in this case, out of which 19 were police officers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/hindi\/international\/2016\/03\/160319_what_has_changed_for_afghan_women_du\">According to the report<\/a>, \u201cThree men were sentenced to 20 years in prison, eight to 16 years in prison, and a minor was sentenced to 10 years in prison. 11 police officers were also sentenced to one year each for failing to provide security to Farkhunda.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Farkhunda Malikzada has been misidentified as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/capt-safia-ferozi-afghan-woman-who-went-from-being-a-refugee-to-military-pilot\/story-pkqDEJxEzN7Jd8DjuVOoeO.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Safia Ferozi<\/a> in viral posts. Ferozi rose to prominence for being Afghanistan\u2019s second female pilot. Ferozi and her family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/capt-safia-ferozi-afghan-woman-who-went-from-being-a-refugee-to-military-pilot\/story-pkqDEJxEzN7Jd8DjuVOoeO.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fled Kabul<\/a> in the 1990s. And after the fall of the Taliban in 2001, they had returned to Kabul. We could not find any credible report to corroborate Safia&#8217;s purported death.<\/p>\n<p>The name of Afghanistan\u2019s first female pilot is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Independent\/status\/1428310771591794688?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niloofar Rahmani<\/a>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/asia\/south-asia\/taliban-women-rights-afghan-pilot-b1904771.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently urged audiences<\/a> to not believe the Taliban&#8217;s propaganda on women&#8217;s rights.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, an old image of a different woman was falsely circulated as Afghanistan&#8217;s female pilot Safia Ferozi getting stoned to death by the Taliban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter user @SangeetSagar13 recently shared a picture and wrote, &#8220;Safiya Firozi, one of the four lady pilots of the Afghan Air Force. Stoned to death in public this morning.&#8221; (Archive link) Another user @rakesh_bstpyp, who describes himself as a &#8216;nationalist&#8217; writer, also made the same claim while sharing this picture. 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