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The Dispatch→ We Can Still Help Afghanistan—By Letting the Taliban Collapse
Humanitarian aid isn’t preventing starvation or hardship, but it is propping up the regime.
Logically→ 2021 photo from Afghanistan shared to show empty classrooms in Gaza amid Israel-Hamas conflict
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Cargo plane that evacuated people from Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2021 is real, not a decoy
Video shows an “inflatable decoy plane” at the Kabul airport in 2021.
Logically→ Julian Assange’s comments on Afghanistan falsely linked to Ukraine-Russia conflict
The Dispatch→ The Afghanistan Withdrawal, Two Years Later
‘Admit to your mistakes, learn from them, so that this doesn’t happen ever, ever again.’
The Dispatch→ Afghanistan After-Action Report Fuels GOP Oversight Plans
Plus: An interview with Sen. Jeff Merkley on China policy.
Logically→ Old visuals from Taliban military parade falsely linked to recent Iran-Afghanistan clashes
Full Fact→ Video showing ‘NATO soldiers now in Ukraine’ was filmed in Afghanistan in 2021
A video shared on social media was filmed during evacuations from Kabul in August 2021, not in Ukraine.
Logically→ Old video of U.S. army withdrawing from Afghanistan falsely shared as NATO forces in Ukraine
The Dispatch→ How Afghanistan Has Become Another Notch in China’s Belt
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang meets with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Islamabad, Pakistan, May 6, 2023. (Photo by Jiang Chao/Xinhua/Getty Images)Our disastrous withdrawal paved the way for a partnership between the Taliban a
The Dispatch→ Covering Afghanistan in Exile
Amu TV anchor Nazia Hashimyar. (Contributed Photo)Afghan journalists launch a news organization to cover their home country from afar.Continue reading Covering Afghanistan in Exile »
The Dispatch→ Biden’s Afghanistan Blame Game
American soldiers watch over Afghan refugees waiting in line to be processed for an exit flight out of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)‘For all this talk of chaos, I just didn’t see it, not from my perc
The Dispatch→ McCaul Pushes for State Department’s Afghanistan Docs
Rep. Michael McCaul speaks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Plus: A researcher calls for Congress to sanction Xi Jinping.Continue reading Mc
The Dispatch→ House GOP’s Afghanistan Investigation Kicks Off
A C-17 Globemaster takes off as Taliban fighters secure the outer perimeter of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, August 29, 2021. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)Members will examine the chaotic August 2021 evacuatio
PolitiFact→ Instagram posts – U.S. spending in Afghanistan dwarfs aid to Ukraine
The amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.”
PolitiFact→ Tom Tiffany – Tiffany misses the mark with claim that Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan, Russia
“Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.”
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Despite his claim, Joe Biden has not visited Afghanistan or Iraq as president
Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president.
Snopes→ Afghanistan Quake Kills 1,000 People, Deadliest in Decades
Officials warned that the already grim toll may still rise.
Full Fact→ Reports that ‘Bernie Gores’ died in both Uvalde school shooting and Afghanistan are fake
A number of posts spreading false reports of a man’s death are circulating on Facebook. The posts share two side-by-side images of a man supposedly named Bernie Gores, one of which claims that he was a teacher killed in the Robb Elementary School
Poynter→ No, CNN didn’t report that the same man died in Afghanistan and Uvalde
Attempts to discredit tragic events like mass shootings can come in many different forms. One popular tactic is claims about “crisis actors” — people who take part in a supposed […] The post No, CNN didn’t report that the same man
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, CNN didn’t report that the same man died in Afghanistan and Uvalde
CNN is recycling crisis actors in reports about a man dying in Afghanistan in 2021 and at the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in 2022.
Washington Post→ Numbers behind Afghanistan evacuation come into focus
Which Afghans actually managed to get on the planes after the fall of Kabul? We have some answers.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – Photo caption misrepresents details of US helicopter mission in Afghanistan
A photo shows a helicopter rescue mission in Afghanistan where wounded men were loaded onboard.
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Biden exaggerates trips to Iraq, Afghanistan in State of the Union address
“I’ve been in and out of Iraq and Afghanistan over 40 times.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: CNN Did NOT Tweet That ‘Bernie Gores’ Was Killed In Both Afghanistan, Ukraine
Did CNN publish tweets claiming that a CNN journalist killed in Afghanistan by the Taliban in 2021 is the same person who was the first American casualty in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine? No, that's not true: The tweets
Full Fact→ CNN did not claim the same man was killed in both Ukraine and Afghanistan
Two screenshots from fake CNN Twitter accounts are being shared on Facebook. Both show the same photograph of a man they identify as “Bernie Gores”, with one post dated 16 August 2021 claiming he was a journalist killed in Afghanistan, and
PolitiFact→ Americans on their own in Ukraine? Military-led evacuations like in Afghanistan are not the norm
Some on social media are comparing the U.S. warning citizens to leave Ukraine now to the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan. Here’s how the situations differ.
PolitiFact→ Derrick Van Orden – Wisconsin Republican candidate mostly wrong on numbers of Americans left behind in Afghanistan
Actions by Joe Biden left "10,000 - 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan."
PolitiFact→ Joe Biden – Joe Biden wrong that he was against Afghanistan war from the start
“I’ve been against that war in Afghanistan from the very beginning.”
FactCheck.org→ U.S. Is Sending Aid to Independent Groups in Afghanistan, Not the Taliban
Quick Take The U.S. is providing humanitarian aid through several independent organizations in Afghanistan, but not through the Taliban government. Yet an online article falsely claims that the Biden administration will “send the Taliban millions
FactCheck.org→ Generals Contradict Biden on Afghanistan Advice
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, contradicted President Joe Biden’s claim last month that top military advisers didn’t recommend keeping a residual force in Afghanist
Washington Post→ Video: Biden versus the generals on 2,500 troops in Afghanistan
Testimony by top military leaders appeared to contradict what President Biden said in August. But his comments were open to interpretation.
Snopes→ US Military Leaders Favored Keeping Troops in Afghanistan
Top U.S. military officers acknowledged misjudging the fragility of Afghanistan's army and said they believed the U.S. should have kept at least several thousand troops in the country to prevent a rapid takeover by the Taliban.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Fox News Did NOT Report ‘Rogue Special Operations Team Exits Afghanistan’
Did Fox News publish a report stating "Rogue Special Operations Team Exits Afghanistan"? No, that's not true: The claim appeared on a counterfeit newsroom account using a fake name. A Fox News representative told Lead Stories, "FOX News d
Logically→ Taliban has banned feminine hygiene products in Afghanistan.
Doctored screenshots falsely claim that the Taliban banned feminine hygiene products in Afghanistan. No credible media reports have reported as such.
Snopes→ Afghanistan Girls Soccer Team Given Asylum in Portugal
All dream of growing up to be professional soccer players.
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
Logically→ 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.
Logically→ 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.