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  • 2021-08-25 (xsd:date)
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  • This video has circulated online since 2020 (en)
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  • A video has been viewed millions of times on Facebook purporting to show dollars in the hands of the Taliban. The video circulated as the Taliban fighters seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021. But the video has been shared in a misleading context: it has circulated online since February 2020 in reports about cash recovered by security forces in northern Afghanistan. The video has been viewed more than 4.4 million times here on Facebook since it was published on August 17. The post's Urdu-language caption translates as: Dollars in the hands of the Taliban in Afghanistan. A screenshot taken on August 24, 2021, of the misleading Facebook post The video circulated online as the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, prompting international organisations to suspend aid and loan programs with the country. The same video and a similar claim were also posted here , here and here on Facebook. But these posts have shared the video in a misleading context: the footage had circulated online for more than a year before the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021. A reverse image search found local news organisation Pajhwok Afghan News published a longer version of the video in a report on its Facebook page on February 12, 2020. The Pashto-language post translates to English as: A minute-long video of a dollar warehouse recorded 22 days back has been posted on social media and appears to have been recorded in a mud room in Afghanistan. Unconfirmed reports say the dollars belonged to a former official and were obtained by security forces in Samangan. Samangan is a provincial town in northern Afghanistan. Below is a screenshot comparison of the video shared by Pajhwok Afghan News (L) and the video in the misleading posts (R): A screenshot comparison of the Pajhwok Afghan News Facebook post (L) and the misleading Facebook post (R) The longer video shared by Pajhwok Afghan News contains a frame that shows a piece of paper scribbled: January 20, 2020. Below is a screenshot of the frame: A screenshot taken on August 24, 2021 of the Pajhwok Afghan News Facebook post (en)
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