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  • 2021-08-26 (xsd:date)
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  • AFP image misrepresented as photo of Kabul blast (en)
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  • Social media posts about a deadly attack outside Kabul airport on August 26, 2021 feature a photo of a cloud of dust rising near the tarmac. But the image is an AFP photo from 10 days earlier, and the photographer who took it said the dust was from a helicopter, not an explosion. BREAKING: EXPLOSION OUTSIDE KABUL AIRPORT, says an August 26 Facebook post that includes the image. Screenshot of a Facebook post taken on August 26, 2021 Posts misrepresenting the photo are part of a series of inaccurate claims about Afghanistan that have spread across the internet after Taliban insurgents seized control of the country earlier this month. A suicide bomber targeted people gathered outside the airport, killing dozens of people . The photo circulating in the posts, however, shows a different scene. AFP photographer Wakil Kohsar said the cloud of dust in the photo -- which shows American soldiers standing guard as Afghans wait at the airport on August 16 -- was stirred up by a US military helicopter. US soldiers stand guard as Afghans wait at the Kabul airport on August 16, 2021 ( AFP / Wakil Kohsar) The United States and other western countries are rushing to evacuate their citizens as well as Afghan allies ahead of an August 31 deadline. According to a US general, more than 110,000 people have been airlifted out of Afghanistan since August 14. August 27, 2021 This article was updated to add new information from a US general. (en)
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