“The photos show the aftermath of a recent attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul.”
What FACTLY found
These viral photos are old, and there was no attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul in 2025. The first photo shows Afghan security forces watching a house burn during a clash near the Indian Consulate in Herat on 23 May 2014. The second photo shows Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and Ambassador Jayant Prasad visiting the Indian Embassy in Kabul after a suicide bombing on 09 October 2009. The third photo shows the aftermath of a 31 May 2017 blast near the German Embassy in Kabul’s diploma...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 7 July 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 10 July 2025, 3 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0Mbb4ZTxVswE7KGcxvKnM2yJJenceurRte…
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.