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      This Is Not A Photo Of Taliban Leader Mullah Baradar At Afg Presidential Palace

      The photo of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was taken in early 2021 during a conference in Moscow.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  19 Aug 2021 5:33 PM IST
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      This Is Not A Photo Of Taliban Leader Mullah Baradar At Afg Presidential Palace

      An image of Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar walking with three other members of the Islamist group has been circulating on social media alongside claims it shows the militants taking over Afghanistan's presidential palace in Kabul. However, the claim is false: the photo was taken earlier this year during a conference in Moscow.

      Also Read: No, This Video Does Not Show Taliban Publicly Executing Afghans

      The photo was published on Facebook by Nigerian news site IgbereTV.

      "BREAKING!!! Leader Of Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Storms Presidential Palace Of Afghanistan | #IgbereTV," reads the Facebook post, which was published on August 15, 2021, and has since been shared more than 350 times.


      Screenshot taken on August 16, 2021, showing the false Facebook post

      The claim is also circulating on Twitter and Instagram, and has been shared in Africa, Asia and Europe.

      AFP Fact Check previously debunked a claim by IgbereTV that a police officer raped a COVID-19 patient at a detention centre.

      Taliban putsch

      On August 14, 2021, Taliban fighters took over checkpoints across Afghanistan's capital Kabul and entered the presidential palace after police and other government forces gave up their posts in the city while president Ashraf Ghani fled the country.

      Also Read: No, This Photo Does Not Show The Lynching Of Afghan Pilot Safia Ferozi

      A Taliban fighter mans a machinegun on top of a vehicle as they patrol along a street in Kabul on August 16, 2021 ( AFP / Wakil KOHSAR)

      However, the photo of Baradar and other Taliban leaders has been online since March 2021 — four months before Afghanistan fell to the militant group.

      AFP Fact Check used Google reverse image search to trace the photo to a report from the website of the Russian online newspaper The Moscow Times.

      From there, we found the original version of the image in AFP's photo archives, taken by Alexander Zemalian on March 18, 2021.

      "Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C) and other members of the Taliban delegation arrive to attend an international conference on Afghanistan over the peaceful solution to the conflict in Moscow," reads the caption with the photo.

      Screenshot of the image in AFP's online archives

      Also Read: Digital Creation Shared As Afghan Escaping On An Aircraft Wing

      The Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan came about a month after US President Joe Biden unveiled plans to withdraw American troops ahead of the September 11 completion date of a 20-year military mission in the south Asian country.

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      Claim :   Photo shows Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar at the Afghanistan presidential palace.
      Claimed By :  Posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
      Fact Check :  False
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