:Shakiba Hashemi

{{Short description|Afghan politician}}

{{distinguish|Chékéba Hachemi}}

Shakiba Matin Hashemi is an Afghan politician who was elected to represent Kandahar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005.

A report on Kandahar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School stated that Hashemi sits on the Environment Committee; that she was a school principal prior to taking office; that her father sits on Kandahar's Provincial Council; and that she is a member of the National United Party of Afghanistan.

{{cite news

|url = http://www.nps.edu/programs/ccs/Docs/Executive%20Summaries/Kandahar_Provincial_Overview_Jan09.pdf

|title = Profile: Kandahar Profile

|publisher = Navy Postgraduate School

|date = January 2009

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110606124708/http://www.nps.edu/programs/CCS/Docs/Executive%20Summaries/Kandahar_Provincial_Overview_Jan09.pdf

|archivedate = 2011-06-06

|url-status = dead

}}

Hashemi was re-elected in 2010 with 641 votes.{{cite web|url=https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/2010-elections-33-an-almost-final-result/|title=2010 Elections (33): An almost final result|first=Thomas|last=Rutting|work=Afghanistan Analysts Network|date=24 November 2010|accessdate=6 January 2017}} She was outspoken against Ahmed Wali Karzai and claimed to have been threatened by him.{{cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2010/10/25/losing-legitimacy-after-afghanistans-elections/|title=Losing legitimacy after Afghanistan’s elections|work=Foreign Policy|date=25 October 2010|accessdate=6 January 2017|first1=Matthieu|last1=Aikins|first2=Gran|last2=Hewad}} She also spoke out against corruption, saying she was offered, and rejected, a bribe prior to the election.{{cite web|url=https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/how-to-become-a-minister-bribe-the-parliament-updated/|work=Afghanistan Analysts network|title=How to become a minister: bribe the parliament |first=Kate|last=Clark|date=30 June 2010|accessdate=6 January 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://harpers.org/archive/2011/01/disappearing-ink/4/|title=Disappearing Ink: Afghanistan's Sham Democracy|first=Matthieu|last=Aikins|date=January 2011|work=Harper's Magazine}}

In 2012, Hashemi was a member of a parliamentary fact-finding mission investigating the Kandahar massacre on 11 March 2012 in Panjwayi District. Hashemi and Hamidzi Lali claimed that US troopers had raped two women before the massacre.{{cite web|url=http://www.avapress.com/vdce7z8x.jh8vzik1bj.html|title=US forces raped two women in Kandahar carnage|date=17 March 2012|accessdate=6 January 2017|publisher=Afghan Voice Agency}} The U.S. Army concluded that staff sergeant Robert Bales was the only person responsible for the shootings.{{cite news|title=Army Identifies Afghanistan Shooting Suspect |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/id/67591/|publisher=United States Department of Defense|date=17 March 2012 |access-date=18 March 2012}}

In 2016, Hashemi was thanked by the Election and Transparency Watch Organization of Afghanistan for her contribution to the implementation of a program called "Enhancing Women's Status at the Local Level by Creating Better Links to Female Parliamentarians."{{cite web|url=http://ewa.org.af/uploads/team/2016-09-2514747826366533403i.pdf|date=August 2016|accessdate=6 January 2017|title=ETWA – Appreciates Ms. Shakiba Hashemi MP from Kandahar Province|publisher=ETWA}}