“Taliban terrorists are about to execute 229 Christian missionary families in Afghanistan”
What FACTLY found
A similar message has been circulating on social media at least since 2009. In July 2007, the Taliban kidnapped 23 South Korean Christian volunteers and took them hostage for six weeks. Two members of the group were executed, and the remaining 21 hostages were released after the South Korean government paid USD 20 million to the Taliban. Two years later, this message started circulating on social media. As per latest news reports, the Taliban are going door-to-door in certain provinces but it...
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 19 August 2021. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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