Latest Fact-Checks In Afghanistan

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Sam Brown
Sam Brown
stated on August 15, 2024 an X post
Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen said the Biden administration did a "tremendous job" on the U.S. military’s Afghanistan withdrawal.
Mostly False
By Seth A. Richardson • September 26, 2024
Brigitte Gabriel
Brigitte Gabriel
stated on July 2, 2024 an Instagram post
"For 18 months under President Trump, not a single American was harmed in Afghanistan.”
False
July 5, 2024
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 8, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows an “inflatable decoy plane” at the Kabul airport in 2021.
False
October 13, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 26, 2023 a video
The amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.”
False
January 27, 2023
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on December 8, 2022 Twitter
“Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.”
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • January 6, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 16, 2022 a speech
Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president.
False
December 20, 2022
Zach Nunn
Zach Nunn
stated on May 9, 2022 a campaign ad
“Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.”
Half-True
By Lyle Muller • May 27, 2022
Tom Tiffany
Tom Tiffany
stated on February 18, 2022 Twitter
The Biden administration has been "recklessly releasing potentially dangerous Afghans into our communities."
Mostly False
By Alan Hovorka • May 13, 2022
Derrick Van Orden
Derrick Van Orden
stated on December 7, 2021 Twitter
Actions by Joe Biden left "10,000 to 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan."
Mostly False
By Alan Hovorka • January 4, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 12, 2021 an interview with Rita Braver of CBS
“I’ve been against that war in Afghanistan from the very beginning.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 27, 2021 social media posts
President Joe Biden withdrew troops from Afghanistan “simply because of Trump Derangement Syndrome and they wanted to reverse any policy that Trump had implemented.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2021
Patrick Testin
Patrick Testin
stated on August 29, 2021 TV interview
"The vast majority of the (refugees) coming into Fort McCoy are not the SIVs" and some have "no documentation at all."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • October 13, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2021 Facebook posts
News cameras “shut off” just as Biden was asked if he gave the Taliban a “hit list” of evacuating American and Afghan officials.
False
September 28, 2021
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on August 15, 2021 a tweet
The United States spent “2 trillion dollars to train and equip the Afghan military over the past 20 years. They fell in a week.”
Half-True
By Trenton Straight, Zach DeLuca • September 21, 2021
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on September 1, 2021 a Facebook post
Says U.S. left 33 Black Hawks to the Taliban, which has more than “85%” of all countries.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • September 20, 2021
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on September 3, 2021 an interview with WSYR-TV
“All” Americans in Afghanistan who “have wanted to come out have come out.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2021
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on August 27, 2021 a Facebook post
U.S. veteran group rescued Afghan allies “behind Biden’s back.”
False
September 1, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 29, 2021 a Facebook post
The U.S. left the Taliban an “arsenal” in Afghanistan, including 358,530 assault rifles and 22,174 Humvees.
Mostly False
September 1, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on August 30, 2021 tweets
A video shows the “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter.”
False
By Bill McCarthy • August 31, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 27, 2021 a Facebook post
Photos show the U.S. service members killed in a 2021 suicide bombing in Kabul.
False
August 31, 2021
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