“Says “31 U.S. troops” were “killed in Afghanistan yesterday.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 10 Aug 2015.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
A viral post shared amid the U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal suggests 31 troops were killed there “yesterday.” The attack that killed 30 troops occurred in August 2011.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 10 August 2015. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 23 August 2021, 2205 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10207334171180652&set=a.3035517775076&type=3&eid=…
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