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All Fact-checks for Afghanistan

Instagram posts

stated on January 26, 2023 in a video

The amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.”

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stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter

“Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.”

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stated on December 16, 2022 in a speech

Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president.

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stated on May 9, 2022 in a campaign ad

“Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.”

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stated on February 18, 2022 in Twitter

The Biden administration has been "recklessly releasing potentially dangerous Afghans into our communities."

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Derrick Van Orden

stated on December 7, 2021 in Twitter

Actions by Joe Biden left "10,000 to 15,000 American citizens abandoned to terrorists in Afghanistan."

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stated on December 12, 2021 in an interview with Rita Braver of CBS

“I’ve been against that war in Afghanistan from the very beginning.”

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stated on October 27, 2021 in social media posts

President Joe Biden withdrew troops from Afghanistan “simply because of Trump Derangement Syndrome and they wanted to reverse any policy that Trump had implemented.”

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stated on August 29, 2021 in TV interview

"The vast majority of the (refugees) coming into Fort McCoy are not the SIVs" and some have "no documentation at all."

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stated on September 1, 2021 in Facebook posts

News cameras “shut off” just as Biden was asked if he gave the Taliban a “hit list” of evacuating American and Afghan officials.

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stated on August 15, 2021 in a tweet

The United States spent “2 trillion dollars to train and equip the Afghan military over the past 20 years. They fell in a week.”

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stated on September 1, 2021 in a Facebook post

Says U.S. left 33 Black Hawks to the Taliban, which has more than “85%” of all countries.

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Charles Schumer

stated on September 3, 2021 in an interview with WSYR-TV

“All” Americans in Afghanistan who “have wanted to come out have come out.”

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The Gateway Pundit

stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post

U.S. veteran group rescued Afghan allies “behind Biden’s back.”

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stated on August 29, 2021 in a Facebook post

The U.S. left the Taliban an “arsenal” in Afghanistan, including 358,530 assault rifles and 22,174 Humvees.

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stated on August 30, 2021 in tweets

A video shows the “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter.”

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stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post

Photos show the U.S. service members killed in a 2021 suicide bombing in Kabul.

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Instagram posts

stated on August 29, 2021 in an Instagram post

“The Biden White House had no representative” who came to honor the return of the 13 service members’ remains at Dover Air Force Base.

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stated on August 20, 2021 in a Facebook post

Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake.

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stated on August 20, 2021 in a press conference

There has been “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world” regarding how the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan.

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Americans on their own in Ukraine? Military-led evacuations like in Afghanistan are not the norm

Americans on their own in Ukraine? Military-led evacuations like in Afghanistan are not the norm

By Jeff Cercone • January 31, 2022

Mailbag: ‘PolitiFact, you’re wrong’ and other reader reactions

Mailbag: ‘PolitiFact, you’re wrong’ and other reader reactions

By Josie Hollingsworth • September 7, 2021

Weapons, helicopters and K9s: Debunking misinformation about the end of the war in Afghanistan

Weapons, helicopters and K9s: Debunking misinformation about the end of the war in Afghanistan

By Samantha Putterman • September 3, 2021

Joe Biden said not everyone who wants to can leave after a war. Military experts checked his history

Joe Biden said not everyone who wants to can leave after a war. Military experts checked his history

By Louis Jacobson • September 2, 2021

Crated dogs in Kabul airport photo didn’t belong to US military. What’s going on?

Crated dogs in Kabul airport photo didn’t belong to US military. What’s going on?

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 2, 2021

What we know about today’s Taliban

What we know about today’s Taliban

By Jon Greenberg • September 1, 2021

How are Afghan refugees being vetted? Here’s what we know

How are Afghan refugees being vetted? Here’s what we know

By Louis Jacobson • August 25, 2021

What was the Contingency and Crisis Response bureau? Examining the Trump-era proposal

What was the Contingency and Crisis Response bureau? Examining the Trump-era proposal

By Bill McCarthy • August 25, 2021

Ask PolitiFact: What are some basic facts on the U.S. war in Afghanistan?

Ask PolitiFact: What are some basic facts on the U.S. war in Afghanistan?

By Amy Sherman • August 19, 2021

Vietnam and Afghanistan: Different wars, similar endings?

Vietnam and Afghanistan: Different wars, similar endings?

By Jon Greenberg • August 17, 2021

Latest promises about Afghanistan

End wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East

Train and equip the Afghan army

End the war in Afghanistan in 2014

Work to end NATO restrictions on forces in Afghanistan

Increase non-military aid to Afghanistan by $1 billion

End the abuse of supplemental budgets for war

Send two additional brigades to Afghanistan

Make U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional on anti-terror efforts