“The man next to Mike Pompeo in a November 2020 photo “is the guy the Trump administration helped get out of jail in 2018 and who is now the 'president' of Afghanistan.”
Social media posts
social media posts. Claim dated 17 Aug 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
The U.S. envoy chosen by President Donald Trump, Zalmay Khalilzad, has publicly confirmed that he secured the release of senior Taliban official Abdul Ghani Baradar from prison in Pakistan ahead of negotiations.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 18 August 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CSrKYosr-PA/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=921407e0-4e7d-4363-9f…
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