Latest Fact-Checks In Afghanistan

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Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on August 15, 2021 an Instagram post
Donald Trump in 2020 "said he trusted the Taliban and then set in motion an even earlier exit" from Afghanistan.
Half-True
August 17, 2021
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stated on August 15, 2021 an Instagram post
Says CNN said “Taliban fighters responsibly wearing masks.”
False
August 17, 2021
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stated on August 16, 2021 an Instagram post
Says CNN and other news organizations tweeted that a journalist was executed in Kabul by Taliban fighters.
False
August 17, 2021
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stated on August 15, 2021 a Facebook post
Photo shows CNN chyron about Afghanistan that says, “Violent but mostly peaceful transfer of power.”
False
August 16, 2021
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 21, 2021 Twitter
Says withdrawing troops from Afghanistan could save the U.S. $50 billion.
Mostly False
By Laura Schulte • June 8, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 15, 2021 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden “helps build Afghanistan’s pipeline.”
False
February 18, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on October 13, 2020 a videos, articles and screenshots
Says Joe Biden and Barack Obama “directly participated in a plot to have #SealTeam6 MURDERED, then arranged a massive cash deal as part of a cover up.”
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • October 14, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 2, 2020 a Facebook post
A list of 11 names are “Marines that gave their lives this week for everyone in this country. There is no media for them, not even a mention of their names.”
False
March 20, 2020
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stated on January 6, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden "murdered U.S. Navy Seals."
False
By Samantha Putterman • January 10, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 28, 2018 a speech in Washington, Mich.
"We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2018
Jill Stein
Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin
"We’re already bombing seven countries."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2016
Todd Wilcox
Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview
"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."
False
By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Jack Reed
Jack Reed
stated on January 20, 2016 a letter
"It is rare that a retirement grade determination is conducted for an officer previously retired from the U.S. armed forces."  
True
By Mark Reynolds • January 31, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield."  
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 10, 2016
Matt Wuerker
Matt Wuerker
stated on August 4, 2015 a political cartoon on Politico
"The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2015
Richard Clarke
Richard Clarke
stated on April 26, 2015 a panel on ABC "This Week"
 Said President Barack Obama "said he was going to stop (signature strikes)."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 28, 2015
Bret Baier
Bret Baier
stated on January 20, 2015 an analysis of Obama's speech
In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."
True
By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on January 11, 2015 the Sunday comics
The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 14, 2014 a TV interview
The United States "decided waterboarding was torture back when we court-martialed American soldiers for waterboarding Philippine insurgents in the Philippine revolution."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 23, 2014
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