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Oct 12, 2025 · Months-old video shows Pakistani missile, not Afghan test Afghanistan Published on 30/10/2025 at 22:28
Reports that Taliban ceded Bagram Air Base to US are unfounded
Apr 11, 2025 · President Donald Trump has expressed interest in recovering a military base in Afghanistan ceded by the United States when the Taliban took over the country in 2021, but …
AI-generated images misrepresented as real photos after Afghanistan …
Sep 10, 2025 · AI-generated images of a flattened neighbourhood have been falsely shared online as genuine after a deadly earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan's mountainous region …
Afghanistan photo misrepresented as deportation flight under …
Feb 5, 2025 · The photo dates to 2021 and shows a US Air Force flight evacuating people from Afghanistan after Taliban insurgents retook power. "This is a US deportation flight," says a …
Conspiracy theorists claim US jet departing Afghanistan was fake
Aug 27, 2021 · "On Aug. 16, a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III landed at Hamid Karzai International Airport to deliver a load of equipment to support the evacuation of Afghan and …
Old Afghanistan video falsely linked to India-Pakistan conflict
May 6, 2025 · The footage has in fact circulated since August 2021 in news reports about banking restrictions in Afghanistan. "There is an amazing panic atmosphere in Pakistan.
Year-old video of explosion aftermath in Karachi misrepresented …
Dec 8, 2025 · Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan remain heightened after weeks of escalating border clashes despite an October truce, but a video of vehicles engulfed in flames …
British YouTuber's clip misrepresented as US tank left in Afghanistan
Dec 10, 2025 · Reached via Instagram direct message December 9, Hewes confirmed to AFP that the plowing took place in Leicestershire -- far from Afghanistan. "That is me driving the …
AFP’s Afghanistan photo chief Wakil Kohsar twice honoured in …
Dec 16, 2021 · Wakil Kohsar, AFP’s chief photographer for Afghanistan, was born in the country’s Panjshir valley in 1985. During the civil war, he was forced to migrate to neighboring Pakistan …
Clip shows Eid shopping frenzy, not Afghan store looting
Apr 25, 2025 · Afghans in Pakistan have reported weeks of arbitrary arrests, extortion and harassment by authorities, with many of those forcibly returned living in Punjab and Sindh …