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Latest Fact-Checks In Afghanistan

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stated on August 29, 2021 an Instagram post:
“The Biden White House had no representative” who came to honor the return of the 13 service members’ remains at Dover Air Force Base.
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • August 30, 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
By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2021 a press conference:
There has been “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world” regarding how the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan.
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 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
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 24, 2021
Warren Davidson
Warren Davidson
stated on August 17, 2021 an interview with Breitbart:
Former President Donald Trump “was blocked from getting troops out of (Afghanistan) by Liz Cheney and others.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • 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 19, 2021 an Instagram post.:
"Twitter has suspended the account of Afghanistan’s elected President… and have allowed the Taliban to keep their accounts."
Half-True
By Jason Asenso • August 23, 2021
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Facebook posts
stated on August 10, 2015 a viral image:
Says “31 U.S. troops” were “killed in Afghanistan yesterday.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 23, 2021
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Instagram posts
stated on August 16, 2021 an Instagram post:
“Joe Biden is on a two-week vacation. Kamala Harris has been nonexistent since Inauguration Day. Jen Psaki is taking a break from her duties as press secretary for one week.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 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
By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 18, 2021 an interview with ABC:
On whether withdrawal from Afghanistan would be chaotic
Full Flop
By Amy Sherman • 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
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 19, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 18, 2021 an interview with ABC News:
“We had already issued several thousand Special Immigrant Visas .. to the (Afghan) translators, when I came into office.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • 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
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 19, 2021
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on August 16, 2021 a radio show segment:
Joe Biden intentionally “let it fall apart” in Afghanistan because he “wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America to change the body politic permanently.”
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • August 19, 2021
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stated on August 17, 2021 an Instagram post:
The chaos at the Kabul airport as the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital was a “false flag event to provoke WW3.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • 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
By Ciara O'Rourke • 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
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 18, 2021
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stated on August 17, 2021 on social media:
The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2021
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