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WaPo Fact Checker→ Blinken’s claim that Biden ‘did not inherit a plan’ for Afghan withdrawal
The Secretary of State asserted the Trump administration left behind no plan for withdrawal from Afghanistan but Trump officials vehemently disagree.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Joe And Jill Biden Do NOT Own 10% Of A Leading Chinese Lithium-Ion Battery Company, Which Could Have Influenced Afghanistan Policy — But Hunter Biden DOES Have Ties To It
Do President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden own 10% of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd (CATL), a leading lithium-ion battery development and manufacturing company based in China, a country with financial interests in Afghani
Top Fact Checks→ Taliban flogging a woman in Afghanistan.
Articles have pointed out that the Taliban were flogging women as a punishment for disobeying their rules/laws or demanding their rights.
Snopes→ Trump Aides Aim to Build GOP Opposition to Afghan Refugees
As tens of thousands of Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban arrive in the U.S., a handful of former Trump administration officials are working to turn Republicans against them.
Top Fact Checks→ The Taliban found 6.5M dollars stored in Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh’s home.
Islamic Emirate officials alleged that 6.5 M dollars were found from Amrullah Saleh's residence during a raid. This has not been confirmed.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: People In Plastic Bags Are NOT Christians Being Killed In Afghanistan — It’s A Protest Performance In Colombia
Do these photos depict Christians who refused to deny their faith being suffocated in Afghanistan? No, that's not true: These are video stills taken at a protest performance 8,800 miles from Afghanistan in Medellín, Colombia, on May 26,
Top Fact Checks→ Afghan politician Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has been captured by the Taliban.
Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, an Afghan politician, clarified via Twitter on September 10 that reports that the Taliban had detained him were false.
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Mislead on COVID-19 Vaccines, Deaths in Afghanistan
SciCheck Digest Afghanistan has implemented a COVID-19 vaccination program and, although administration of vaccines has slowed due to internal armed conflicts, the program is still under way. But some prominent conservative purveyors of misinformation
The Dispatch Fact Check→ Did All Americans Who Wanted to Evacuate Afghanistan Get Out?
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Top Fact Checks→ Amrullah Saleh and Ahmad Massoud fled to Tajikstan over the oppression by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
For security concerns, Saleh and Massoud were not in contact with the public, and their absence was misinterpreted as having abandoned the nation.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Taliban And Afghanistan Did NOT Skip Vaccines, Escape Mass Deaths During Global COVID-19 Pandemic
Did the Taliban survive from February 2020 through August 2021 with no vaccines, no masks or business shutdowns and capture Afghanistan with no mass deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic? No, that's not true: These claims were made without
FactCheck.org→ Schumer Falsely Claims ‘All’ Americans Got Out of Afghanistan
A spokesperson for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has conceded that the New York Democrat falsely claimed that “all” Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan “have come out.” Government officials say that fewer than 100 U
Snopes→ Taliban Form All-Male Afghan Government of Old Guard Members
Appointed to the key post of interior minister was Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is on the FBI’s most-wanted list with a $5 million bounty on his head and is believed to still be holding at least one American hostage.
Fact-Checking – Poynter→ Misinformation about the end of the war in Afghanistan, debunked
As President Joe Biden stuck to a deadline for pulling U.S. forces out of Afghanistan, he was criticized for leaving some Americans and thousands of Afghan allies behind and for not responding fast enough to the Taliban’s takeover. Biden was also las
Top Fact Checks→ Taliban fighters jumping on a trampoline as they celebrate their return to power in Afghanistan.
The alleged video of Taliban forces bouncing on a trampoline has been circulating since 2020, and it was not captured after the Afghanistan takeover.
Snopes→ Taliban Say They Took Panjshir, Last Holdout Afghan Province
The anti-Taliban forces had been led by the former vice president, Amrullah Saleh, and also the son of the iconic anti-Taliban fighter Ahmad Shah Massoud.
Snopes→ Did Glenn Beck Evacuate 5,100 Christians from Afghanistan?
Beck said that his organization raised almost $30 million.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cameras Did NOT Shut Off Or Go Black During Biden Press Conference When He Was Asked About ‘Hit List’ In Afghanistan
Did cameras shut off or go black during a President Joe Biden press conference when he was asked about a "hit list" of people in Afghanistan? No, that's not true: The cameras did not shut off during Biden's press conference. He was not as
Snopes→ Did a ‘Rogue’ Team of US Vets Rescue Afghans Behind Biden’s Back in Operation ‘Pineapple Express’?
The Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, prompting a wave of evacuation efforts.
FactCheck.org→ Meme Misattributes Quote on Afghanistan to Trump
Quick Take A viral meme falsely claims that former President Donald Trump suggested that the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was an orchestrated distraction by Democrats. A spokesperson for Trump has denied he made that remark. A very similar
TruthOrFiction→ ‘More People Have Died of COVID in Florida in the Past Two Weeks Than U.S. Military Deaths in Afghanistan in 20 Years’
As COVID-19 continued its grim progress in the second half of 2021, a September 1 2021 Imgur text post simply titled “Perspective” claimed that more people died in Florida “in the past two weeks” than in the totality of the war
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Forces Did NOT Leave Behind $85 Billion Worth Of Weaponry And Equipment In Afghanistan
Did the U.S. leave $85 billion worth of weaponry and equipment in Afghanistan after U.S. forces left the country? No, that's not true: The figure more closely reflects the cost of total security funding -- ranging from training to counter
Snopes→ Effort Underway to Rescue Girls Soccer Team from Afghanistan
Former congressional chief of staff: "We need to do everything that we can to protect them, to get them to a safe situation."
FactCheck.org→ Social Media Posts Draw Unsupported Conclusion on Afghan Helicopter Video
Quick Take Afghan journalists report that a video of a person suspended from a helicopter shows an operation in which the person was trying to change a flag. But critics of President Joe Biden have used the footage to claim the Taliban used U.S. equipm
FactCheck.org→ How Many Americans and Allies Are Left in Afghanistan?
On Aug. 18, President Joe Biden said if there were U.S. citizens left in Afghanistan on Aug. 31 who wanted to leave, “we’re gonna stay to get them all out.” But that’s not what happened when the last U.S. soldier departed the co
WaPo Fact Checker→ The Afghan evacuation and the war — by the numbers
In one place, here are the latest numbers on the evacuation and the U.S. war in Afghanistan.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: U.S. Did NOT Leave Behind Military Working Dogs In Cages In Afghanistan
Did the United States leave behind military working dogs in cages in Afghanistan? No, that's not true: "No military working dogs were left behind," the Pentagon told Lead Stories. The photograph of dogs in cages at the Hamid Karzai Intern
Top Fact Checks→ The U.S. military left dozens of service dogs at Kabul airport in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon clarified that the dogs at Kabul airport belonged to a group called 'Kabul Small Animal Rescue.'
Top Fact Checks→ The U.S. military left dozens of service dogs at Kabul airport in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon clarified that the dogs at Kabul airport belonged to a group called 'Kabul Small Animal Rescue.'
WaPo Fact Checker→ Fact-checking Biden’s speech on the end of the Afghan war
We examine four factual claims worthy of scrutiny in the speech.
Snopes→ Did Hillary Clinton Charter Flights for Afghan Women?
Thousands of people have been trying to leave Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
Snopes→ Did US Leave Military Dogs Behind in Afghanistan?
These dogs largely belonged to Afghans, embassy employees, and independent defense contractors.
Top Fact Checks→ Taliban hanged a person from a helicopter in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
The Taliban did not hang the man; instead, he was suspended from a helicopter in Kandahar to raise the Islamist militants' flag above a building.
Snopes→ Last Troops Exit Afghanistan, Ending America’s Longest War
The final pullout fulfilled President Joe Biden’s pledge to end what he called a “forever war” that began in response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and rural Pennsylvania.
WaPo Fact Checker→ How the number of Americans in Afghanistan went from 15,000 to 6,000
There have been two figures for the number of Americans in Afghanistan, but they represent different data sets.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Men In Photo NOT Killed in Afghanistan
Did a photo circulating online show the servicemen killed in Afghanistan in August 2021? No, that's not true: The men shown in this photo were killed in a military plane crash in Mississippi in 2017. The claim was in a Facebook post (arch
AllSides - Facts and Fact Checking→ Fact-Checking Donald Trump’s Claim About Afghan Refugees
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claim In a statement on Tuesday, form
Top Fact Checks→ Afghan evacuees and asylum seekers are arriving at airports with no documentation and false papers.
The Home Office stated that anyone entering the U.K. must undergo security checks but they are not always required to carry valid documents.
Top Fact Checks→ A CNN reporter covered her head while reporting after the Taliban took control over Afghanistan.
Clarissa Ward clarified that she always wore a headscarf while reporting in Kabul, but she wore an abaya for the first time while reporting lately.