Latest Fact-Checks In Afghanistan

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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
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stated on October 8, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows an “inflatable decoy plane” at the Kabul airport in 2021.
False
October 13, 2023
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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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Facebook posts
stated on August 20, 2021 a Facebook post
Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake.
False
August 27, 2021
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stated on August 22, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Donald Trump said, “Do not be distracted by all this going on in Afghanistan. Always keep one eye on Washington D.C. A magician always distracts his audience.”
False
August 24, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2021 remarks
Al-Qaida is “gone” from Afghanistan.
False
By Amy Sherman • August 23, 2021
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stated on August 17, 2021 a viral image
The Biden administration “gifted the Taliban with $80 billion-plus” in military-grade weapons but now “wants your 9mm pistols.”
False
August 20, 2021
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stated on August 18, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Al Jazeera tweeted, “#BreakingNews Taliban started abducting minor girls from their home. The parents who are refusing to give their daughters to Taliban are being killed by Taliban fighters.”
False
August 19, 2021
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Facebook posts
stated on August 18, 2021 a Facebook post
229 Christian missionaries were sentenced to death in Afghanistan.
False
By Jason Asenso • August 19, 2021
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stated on August 17, 2021 an Instagram post
Video shows Afghan riding on plane engine.
False
August 19, 2021
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stated on August 16, 2021 an Instagram post
Says Malala Yousafzai “is silent about the cries of women and children suffering at the hands of the Taliban.”
False
August 18, 2021
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stated on August 16, 2021 an Instagram post
“Biden’s teleprompter told him to ‘LEAVE NOW’ when his speech was concluded.”
False
August 18, 2021
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