“Photo of Taliban killing Afghan Airforce pilot, Safiya Firozi”
Social media posts
Claim dated 19 Aug 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The woman in the photo is Farkhunda Malikzada, not the Afghan Airforce pilot Safiya Firozi. In 2015, Farkhunda Malikzada was beaten to death by a mob in Kabul, Afghanistan. They killed Farkhunda Malikzada on the false allegations that she had burnt Quran
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 19 August 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 20 August 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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