“Video of Afghan citizens holding onto the wings of an aircraft and escaping from the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan”
Social media posts
Claim dated 17 Aug 2021.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
The video shared in the post is a digitally created one. This video was created by the Vietnam-based graphic designer, Huy Xuân Mai. This video has nothing to do with the recent incident of Afghan citizens falling off from the moving US military plane
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 17 August 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 20 August 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
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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.