{"id":100833,"date":"2021-08-19T17:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T11:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=100833"},"modified":"2021-08-19T17:00:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T11:30:56","slug":"old-image-of-former-afganistan-president-ashraf-ghani-shared-as-he-hugged-talibani-leader-before-leaving-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-image-of-former-afganistan-president-ashraf-ghani-shared-as-he-hugged-talibani-leader-before-leaving-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Old photo shared as Ashraf Ghani embracing Taliban leader before fleeing Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani embracing another individual is being circulated widely on social media. It is claimed that Ghani is pictured with a Taliban leader and that the photo was taken shortly before he fled the country.<\/p>\n<p>TV9 Bharatvarsh ran the image during a broadcast in which anchor Nishant Chaturvedi stated that Abdul Ghani was seen hugging Taliban leaders. Chaturvedi also questioned the panellists in the program about whether they thought the two embraced out of fear or due to an old friendship. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210817104325\/https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/login\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTV9Bharatvarsh%2Fvideos%2F1304605063302820%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TV9Bharatvarsh\/videos\/1304605063302820\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/TV9Bharatvarsh\/videos\/1304605063302820\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/TV9Bharatvarsh\/videos\/1304605063302820\/\">\u0924\u093e\u0932\u093f\u092c\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0905\u092c\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u0928\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0917\u0932\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u0924\u093e\u0932\u093f\u092c\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0928\u0947\u0924\u093e\u0913\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0905\u092c\u094d\u0926\u0941\u0932 \u0917\u0928\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0917\u0932\u0947 \u0932\u0917\u093e\u092f\u093e<br \/>\n#Taliban | #Afghanistan | #Kabul | #AshrafGhani<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TV9Bharatvarsh\/\">TV9 Bharatvarsh<\/a> on Sunday, August 15, 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalheraldindia.com\/international\/ashraf-ghani-aides-leave-afghanistan-as-taliban-takes-control-of-kabul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Herald<\/a> has also carried the photo with a similar claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100834 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-48.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-48.jpeg 583w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-48-244x300.jpeg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Janta Ka Reporter promoted the visuals and accompanying claim in a tweet. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210817111726\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/JantaKaReporter\/status\/1426878014936154115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Afghan President Ashraf Ghani hugs Taliban leader. He may hand over the power soon before leaving the country. Extraordinary developments taking place in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Taliban?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Taliban<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hDtmyLe6Mp\">pic.twitter.com\/hDtmyLe6Mp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Janta Ka Reporter (@JantaKaReporter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JantaKaReporter\/status\/1426878014936154115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The same image was shared in a recent story by <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofislamabad.com\/15-Aug-2021\/afghan-president-ashraf-ghani-fled-afghanistan-as-taliban-entered-kabul-afghan-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Times of Islamabad<\/a>. Journalist and historian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijayprashad\/status\/1426951775916023816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vijay Prashad<\/a> also tweeted the photo with a similar claim. (<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210817111726\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/JantaKaReporter\/status\/1426878014936154115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive link<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/mushi352\/status\/1426885990111617035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reply<\/a> to one of the viral posts, a user shared a screenshot of a Facebook post featuring the viral image dated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irf.nan\/posts\/146627003482109?__cft__%5B0%5D=AZXWwEXsAz8FRuEnzjUZJVsyLomuAb26WKE1pnW2gTu9f8ilgRG4vCxLk9nHNDaBTFXd97CfCYaztyWezM6mFNaf2vkYrdUuht4VskvbrHx8pt2mBa83yemLWQE2krtuRYk&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 1, 2020<\/a>. According to the caption, this picture was taken during Eid celebrations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-100835 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-49.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"747\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-49.jpeg 747w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-49-296x300.jpeg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alt News performed a keyword search which led to a video by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOLOnews\/status\/1160807030799704064?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tolo News<\/a>. The style of Ashraf Ghani&#8217;s turban in this <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UDX-QmAnxno\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video from August 12, 2019<\/a>, resembles the one in the viral image. However, Alt News cannot confirm that this photo and video were captured on the same day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOLOnews\/status\/1160807030799704064?s=19\">Tolo News<\/a> and a few other Twitter handles (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MuslimShirzad\/status\/1160597586539159555\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afghanfront\/status\/1160589095376248832?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/builder_state\/status\/1160433241041592321\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 3<\/a>) shared pictures of Eid celebrations in August 2019. In these pictures too, Ashraf Ghani can be seen in the same clothes which he is wearing in the viral photo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"281\" class=\"wp-image-100836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-50.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-50.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-50-300x104.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/word-image-50-768x266.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Newsmobile earlier published a <a href=\"https:\/\/newsmobile.in\/articles\/2021\/08\/16\/fact-check-did-former-afghan-president-ashraf-ghani-meet-taliban-at-presidential-palace-heres-the-truth\/?fbclid=IwAR3H1yCobfv3QQDa3pM7p1cTqlrpDJQPl47hX6mScv5VfXhYvHTpdzMBwwU&amp;__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_c775d7874433765393f3f26920a546e0ad8ee757-1629178928-0-gqNtZGzNAs2jcnBszQkO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact-check report<\/a> on this image.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, we can say for certain that the picture was not taken right before Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan because it had already been posted online last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani embracing another individual is being circulated widely on social media. It is claimed that Ghani is pictured with a Taliban leader and that the photo was taken shortly before he fled the country. 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