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  • 2021-09-23 (xsd:date)
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  • Does the Taliban Have a Tesla Cybertruck? (en)
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  • In September 2021, shortly after the United States withdrew troops from Afghanistan due to a Taliban takeover, an image started circulating online that supposedly showed members of the Taliban driving a Tesla Cybertruck. This is not a genuine photograph (although Tesla Cybertrucks are real things). This is a doctored image that was created from a photograph taken by Rahmat Gul for The Associated Press. The original photograph is available here with the following caption: A second image supposedly showing the Taliban driving a Tesla was also circulated on social media. Again, this was a doctored image. This doctored image was created from a photograph taken by the European Photography Agency on Aug. 16 and shows Taliban fighters are seen on the back of a vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan. Here's a side-by-side comparison of the doctored image (left) and the genuine photograph (right): (en)
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