{"id":105524,"date":"2021-10-21T20:36:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T15:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=105524"},"modified":"2021-10-23T20:13:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T14:43:04","slug":"media-misreports-afghan-womens-volleyball-player-beheaded-by-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-misreports-afghan-womens-volleyball-player-beheaded-by-taliban\/","title":{"rendered":"Media misreports Afghan women’s volleyball player beheaded by Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is a blow to women’s rights in the country. Many women have taken to the streets to protest against the hard-line regime. Afghan women leaders have also claimed threat to life<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, the rise of the Taliban to power has also given rise to misinformation.<\/p>\n

On October 20, several media outlets<\/a> reported that Mahjabin Hakimi, an Afghan women’s national youth volleyball player, was beheaded by the extremist organisation. Among the Indian news outlets that carried the alleged story were IANS<\/a>, The Times of India<\/a>, Zee News<\/a>, The Tribune<\/a>, News18<\/a>, ABP Live<\/a>, India Today<\/a>, India Times<\/a>, Inshorts<\/a>, India.com<\/a>, North East Now<\/a>, DNA<\/a>, The Bridge<\/a>, Asianet News<\/a> and One India Kannada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Telugu news website Sakshi,<\/a>\u00a0Tamil news website Daily Thanthi,<\/a>\u00a0The Indian Express group’s Marathi language news website Loksatta<\/a> and Lokmat<\/a>, Bengali news website Sangbad Pratidin<\/a>, Latestly Bangla<\/a>, Kannada language news platforms News BTV<\/a>, Udaya Vani<\/a>, Punjabi language news website Punja Kesari<\/a>, Kanak News<\/a>, Odia language website Kanak News<\/a>, RSS mouthpiece Organiser<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0pro-BJP propaganda outlet OpIndia<\/a> also reported the same.<\/p>\n