“Video shows “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter in Kandahar.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 30 Aug 2021.
FactCheck.org rated thisUnsupported
What FactCheck.org found
Afghan journalists report that a video of a person suspended from a helicopter shows an operation in which the person was trying to change a flag.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 August 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 September 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “Unsupported”.
One other organisation checked what looks like the same claim. Their ratings are listed below.
Also checked by
- PolitiFact: False“A video shows the “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter.”
Where the claim appeared
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