Latest Fact-checks in Afghanistan Viral image stated on October 8, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows an “inflatable decoy plane” at the Kabul airport in 2021. 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.” Tom Tiffany stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter: “Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.” Joe Biden stated on December 16, 2022 in a speech: Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president. Zach Nunn stated on May 9, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.” Tom Tiffany stated on February 18, 2022 in Twitter: The Biden administration has been "recklessly releasing potentially dangerous Afghans into our communities." 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." Joe Biden 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.” Facebook posts 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.” Patrick Testin 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." Facebook posts 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. Richard Ojeda 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.” Richard Hudson 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. 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.” The Gateway Pundit stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: U.S. veteran group rescued Afghan allies “behind Biden’s back.” Viral image 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. X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in tweets: A video shows the “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter.” Viral image stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photos show the U.S. service members killed in a 2021 suicide bombing in Kabul. 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. Facebook posts stated on August 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake. Joe Biden 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. Viral image stated on August 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, “Do not be distracted by all this going on in Afghanistan. Always keep one eye on Washington D.C. A magician always distracts his audience.” Warren Davidson stated on August 17, 2021 in an interview with Breitbart: Former President Donald Trump “was blocked from getting troops out of (Afghanistan) by Liz Cheney and others.” Joe Biden stated on August 20, 2021 in remarks: Al-Qaida is “gone” from Afghanistan. Instagram posts stated on August 19, 2021 in an Instagram post.: "Twitter has suspended the account of Afghanistan’s elected President… and have allowed the Taliban to keep their accounts." Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2015 in a viral image: Says “31 U.S. troops” were “killed in Afghanistan yesterday.” Instagram posts stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Joe Biden is on a two-week vacation. Kamala Harris has been nonexistent since Inauguration Day. Jen Psaki is taking a break from her duties as press secretary for one week.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in a viral image: The Biden administration “gifted the Taliban with $80 billion-plus” in military-grade weapons but now “wants your 9mm pistols.” Joe Biden stated on August 18, 2021 in an interview with ABC: On whether withdrawal from Afghanistan would be chaotic Viral image stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Jazeera tweeted, “#BreakingNews Taliban started abducting minor girls from their home. The parents who are refusing to give their daughters to Taliban are being killed by Taliban fighters.”
Viral image stated on October 8, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows an “inflatable decoy plane” at the Kabul airport in 2021. 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.” Tom Tiffany stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter: “Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.” Joe Biden stated on December 16, 2022 in a speech: Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president. Zach Nunn stated on May 9, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.” Tom Tiffany stated on February 18, 2022 in Twitter: The Biden administration has been "recklessly releasing potentially dangerous Afghans into our communities." 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." Joe Biden 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.” Facebook posts 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.” Patrick Testin 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." Facebook posts 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. Richard Ojeda 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.” Richard Hudson 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. 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.” The Gateway Pundit stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: U.S. veteran group rescued Afghan allies “behind Biden’s back.” Viral image 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. X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in tweets: A video shows the “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter.” Viral image stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photos show the U.S. service members killed in a 2021 suicide bombing in Kabul. 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. Facebook posts stated on August 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake. Joe Biden 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. Viral image stated on August 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, “Do not be distracted by all this going on in Afghanistan. Always keep one eye on Washington D.C. A magician always distracts his audience.” Warren Davidson stated on August 17, 2021 in an interview with Breitbart: Former President Donald Trump “was blocked from getting troops out of (Afghanistan) by Liz Cheney and others.” Joe Biden stated on August 20, 2021 in remarks: Al-Qaida is “gone” from Afghanistan. Instagram posts stated on August 19, 2021 in an Instagram post.: "Twitter has suspended the account of Afghanistan’s elected President… and have allowed the Taliban to keep their accounts." Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2015 in a viral image: Says “31 U.S. troops” were “killed in Afghanistan yesterday.” Instagram posts stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Joe Biden is on a two-week vacation. Kamala Harris has been nonexistent since Inauguration Day. Jen Psaki is taking a break from her duties as press secretary for one week.” Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in a viral image: The Biden administration “gifted the Taliban with $80 billion-plus” in military-grade weapons but now “wants your 9mm pistols.” Joe Biden stated on August 18, 2021 in an interview with ABC: On whether withdrawal from Afghanistan would be chaotic Viral image stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Jazeera tweeted, “#BreakingNews Taliban started abducting minor girls from their home. The parents who are refusing to give their daughters to Taliban are being killed by Taliban fighters.”
Viral image stated on October 8, 2023 in a Facebook post: Video shows an “inflatable decoy plane” at the Kabul airport in 2021.
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.”
Tom Tiffany stated on December 8, 2022 in Twitter: “Joe Biden left Marines behind in Afghanistan. And now he left a Marine behind in Russia.”
Joe Biden stated on December 16, 2022 in a speech: Says he has been to “Afghanistan, Iraq and those areas” twice as president.
Zach Nunn stated on May 9, 2022 in a campaign ad: “Zack Nunn saved over 2,000 Americans abandoned in Afghanistan by leading private rescue missions.”
Tom Tiffany stated on February 18, 2022 in Twitter: The Biden administration has been "recklessly releasing potentially dangerous Afghans into our communities."
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."
Joe Biden 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.”
Facebook posts 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.”
Patrick Testin 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."
Facebook posts 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.
Richard Ojeda 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.”
Richard Hudson 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.
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.”
The Gateway Pundit stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: U.S. veteran group rescued Afghan allies “behind Biden’s back.”
Viral image 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.
X posts stated on August 30, 2021 in tweets: A video shows the “Taliban hanging someone from a helicopter.”
Viral image stated on August 27, 2021 in a Facebook post: Photos show the U.S. service members killed in a 2021 suicide bombing in Kabul.
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.
Facebook posts stated on August 20, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says a U.S. Air Force-insignia plane evacuating people from Afghanistan is fake.
Joe Biden 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.
Viral image stated on August 22, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump said, “Do not be distracted by all this going on in Afghanistan. Always keep one eye on Washington D.C. A magician always distracts his audience.”
Warren Davidson stated on August 17, 2021 in an interview with Breitbart: Former President Donald Trump “was blocked from getting troops out of (Afghanistan) by Liz Cheney and others.”
Instagram posts stated on August 19, 2021 in an Instagram post.: "Twitter has suspended the account of Afghanistan’s elected President… and have allowed the Taliban to keep their accounts."
Facebook posts stated on August 10, 2015 in a viral image: Says “31 U.S. troops” were “killed in Afghanistan yesterday.”
Instagram posts stated on August 16, 2021 in an Instagram post: “Joe Biden is on a two-week vacation. Kamala Harris has been nonexistent since Inauguration Day. Jen Psaki is taking a break from her duties as press secretary for one week.”
Viral image stated on August 17, 2021 in a viral image: The Biden administration “gifted the Taliban with $80 billion-plus” in military-grade weapons but now “wants your 9mm pistols.”
Joe Biden stated on August 18, 2021 in an interview with ABC: On whether withdrawal from Afghanistan would be chaotic
Viral image stated on August 18, 2021 in a Facebook post: Says Al Jazeera tweeted, “#BreakingNews Taliban started abducting minor girls from their home. The parents who are refusing to give their daughters to Taliban are being killed by Taliban fighters.”