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In August 2021, shortly after the Taliban had just seized power in Afghanistan, a photograph supposedly showing three women wearing skirts in Kabul, Afghanistan during the 1970s was circulated on social media: This is a genuine photograph of three women wearing skirts in Kabul that was taken by photographer Laurence Brun in 1972. However, this photograph does not show the way that the majority of women dressed in Afghanistan at the time. The caption of this photograph from Getty Images notes: This photograph has frequently circulated on social media, often as the United States was weighing its own involvement in Afghanistan. In 2017, for example, this image was reportedly used to help convince U.S. President Donald Trump that the military's continued presence in the country was worthwhile. Ali M. Latifi, a freelance journalist based in Kabul, told Buzzfeed News that this image showed a very small slice of life in Afghanistan, and did not represent how the majority of the country dressed in the 1970s. Latifi said: The Ajam Media Collective, an online project that analyzes how the Middle East is represented by Western media, took a deeper look into how this and similar photographs have been shared over the years. AMC writes: Sources:
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