“Video shows Talibanis celebrating in Kabul as the US ambassador flees.”
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Claim dated 15 Aug 2021.
Fact Crescendo rated thisFALSE
What Fact Crescendo found
The video is not from Afghanistan and it is unrelated to the recent situation in the country. The video is a 6-year-old video from Syria showing rebel forces celebrating after capturing the city of Idlib from the Syrian forces backing Syrian President Bashar Al Assad.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 August 2021. Fact Crescendo (India) looked into it and published its finding on 17 August 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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