Claim: A video shows an Afghan migrant admitting to damaging public property and committing violence on the instructions of Pakistani nationalist leaders. Fact: The caption of the post makes a false claim. The migrant, who returned to Afghanistan, did not confess to anything of the sort in the video. Speaking in Pashto, he actually says, […]
Claim: Trump has agreed to recognise the government of Afghanistan. Fact: The claim is false. While recent diplomatic engagements have taken place, these do not amount to formal recognition of the Taliban government. There are no credible news reports or official statements from the Trump administration confirming that it has recognised or plans to recognise […]
Claim: Aimal Wali Khan, President of the Awami National Party (ANP), threatened Maulana Hamid ul-Haq days before he died in a blast at Darul Uloom Haqqania. Fact: The claim that Aimal Wali Khan threatened Maulana Hamid ul-Haq days before his killing is misleading. The video is from November 2020, and unrelated to the attack on […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistani forces attacking a post by the Afghan Taliban near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and also shooting down their quadcopter. Fact: The video is not connected to Afghanistan or Pakistan and is likely linked to conflict between Kurdish armed groups and Turkish forces. On 21 February, an X user posted a video […]
Claim: Video shows the Pakistan Army opening fire at the Afghan Taliban. Fact: The video is at least a decade old and is likely from Yemen. It is entirely unrelated to the recent cross-border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan. On 20 February, an X user posted a video (archive) purportedly showing the Pakistani army attacking […]
Claim 1: TTP militants staged a video at an abandoned US checkpoint in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, falsely claiming they captured a checkpoint in Bajaur, Pakistan. Claim 2: In their capture of the checkpoint, TTP militants took over a significant area of Bajaur and 13 personnel from the Pakistan army were martyred. Fact 1: […]
Claim: An image of a large gathering at a funeral apparently shows Khalil Ur Rahman Haqqani’s funeral. Fact: The claim is false as the picture is old and predates Haqqani’s killing. The actual image was available on the internet as early as 2021 and likely shows the funeral of former senator Muhammad Usman Khan Kakar, […]
Claim: Migratory birds returned to the “highlands of Afghanistan” after the withdrawal of US-led international troops in 2021. A video showing numerous birds near the mountains serves as evidence. Fact: This claim is misleading. Migratory birds have been returning to Afghanistan long before the 2021 Taliban takeover. Additionally, the video in question is AI-generated. On […]
Claim: A widely shared video shows a young victim of the recent violence in Parachinar in the Kurram District. Fact: While the violence in Kurram, which began on 21 November 2024, has claimed over 80 lives—including women and children—and injured more than 100, this specific video is not from Pakistan and predates the recent episode […]
Claim: An image shows several dead bodies of Afghan refugees in white shrouds who were killed by Iranian border forces on 15 October in Saravan, an area in the Sistan-Baluchistan province of Iran. Fact: The claim is misleading as the image predates the incident on the Iran-Afghan border by a few days. Evidence suggests that […]
Claim: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants beheaded a Shia citizen in Parachinar. Fact: The video of a man being beheaded appeared on X on 12 May 2024, with some claims suggesting that it originated from Afghanistan. It has been shared in different contexts since. On 29 July 2024, a user on X posted a video (archive) […]
Claim: Ten Indian soldiers were killed after militants fired on the green bus on 9 June in Jammu and Kashmir. Fact: The photo of the green bus is not from the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Moreover, on 9 June, 10 Hindu pilgrims were killed on a bus in the Reasi district of Jammu […]