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Afghanistan

Claim: Facebook page Shura e Nazar shared footage of a plane exchanging missile fire with a target on the ground with the caption “last night, a Pakistani drone crashed in the mountains of Panjshir.” Fact: Soch Fact Check found the footage in question is in fact a screen recording from the video game Arma 3. […]

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Claim: Fact: The video is actually of an American test flight at Mach Loop, Wales. Taliban attacks against the Afghan government intensified after US president Joe Biden announced his intention to withdraw from the country by 11 September 2021. Conflict between local players culminated in the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul on 15 August 2021. Fighting […]

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