{"id":102130,"date":"2021-09-01T17:58:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=102130"},"modified":"2021-09-01T17:59:21","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:29:21","slug":"old-video-falsely-linked-to-afghans-fleeing-to-pakistan-after-talibans-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-falsely-linked-to-afghans-fleeing-to-pakistan-after-talibans-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video falsely linked to Afghans fleeing to Pakistan after Taliban&#8217;s takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 27, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/aug\/27\/unprecedented-numbers-crossing-afghanistan-pakistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> reported that an unprecedented number of people were fleeing from Afghanistan to Pakistan through the official broader crossing after the Taliban&#8217;s take over of Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>A video of thousands of people running hysterically has now been shared on social media. It is claimed that the video shows the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Facebook page titled &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1511446305739568\/posts\/2892812894269562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Modi Sena<\/a>&#8216; with over one lakh followers was among the pages that shared the video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102137 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-17.45.19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1404\" height=\"1210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-17.45.19.jpg 1404w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-17.45.19-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-17.45.19-1024x883.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-17.45.19-768x662.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1404px) 100vw, 1404px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several Facebook users have shared the video. It is in fact <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/videos\/?q=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%96%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%20%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">widespread<\/a> on the platform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jaya.sharma.77582\/videos\/2311504698980720\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jaya.sharma.77582\/videos\/2311504698980720\/\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928\u0940 \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0930\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u0905\u092b\u093c\u0917\u093c\u093e\u0928\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u0915\u0947 \u0928\u093e\u0917\u0930\u093f\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093f\u090f \u092a\u093e\u0915\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0928 \u092c\u0949\u0930\u094d\u0921\u0930 \u0916\u094b\u0932 \u0926\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u091c\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u090f<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jaya.sharma.77582\">Jaya Sharma<\/a> on Tuesday, 31 August 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100003846889749\/videos\/525131435252099\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook user<\/a> pointed out that no women or children can be seen running away in the video. He alleged this is a conspiracy by Pakistan and further questioned, &#8220;&#8230;democracy in Afghanistan has been replaced by Sharia Law. So why can&#8217;t Hindus turn so-called democracy into Hindu system?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alt News received requests to fact-check the claim on our WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102135 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/screen_shot_2021-08-31_at_12.57.50_pm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"874\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/screen_shot_2021-08-31_at_12.57.50_pm.jpg 874w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/screen_shot_2021-08-31_at_12.57.50_pm-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/screen_shot_2021-08-31_at_12.57.50_pm-768x445.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 874px) 100vw, 874px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>OLD VIDEO<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News performed a reverse image search of the video&#8217;s keyframes and found that it is indeed from the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. However, it dates back to April 2020 after Pakistan opened its borders with Afghanistan for a few days. The borders were closed due to rising COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan. Pakistan had made a special temporary arrangement for stranded Afghans to pass.<\/p>\n<p>The viral video was uploaded by UK-based news outlet The Telegraph on April 8, 2020. On the same day, Pakistan-based media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/print\/640919-thousands-of-afghans-stranded-in-pakistan-cross-torkham-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The News<\/a> reported the same.<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P6g1LndKLKA[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<p>Below we have compared an identical still from the viral video and The Telegraph&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-102130 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-falsely-linked-to-afghans-fleeing-to-pakistan-after-talibans-takeover\/screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22-02-21-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"1086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22.02.21-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22.02.21-1.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22.02.21-1-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22.02.21-1-888x1024.jpg 888w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22.02.21-1-768x885.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/old-video-falsely-linked-to-afghans-fleeing-to-pakistan-after-talibans-takeover\/screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22-02-35-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1070\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22.02.35-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22.02.35-1.jpg 1070w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22.02.35-1-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22.02.35-1-1015x1024.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22.02.35-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/08\/Screenshot-2021-08-31-at-22.02.35-1-768x775.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1070px) 100vw, 1070px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On April 4, 2020, Pakistan&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted that<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> Afghan<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> nationals wishing to go back to their country were allowed to pass through Torkham and Chaman border crossings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Afghanistan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Afghanistan<\/a>\u2019s special request &amp; on humanitarian considerations,we are allowing exit of \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddeb nationals, wishing to go back to their country,through Torkham &amp; Chaman border crossings on 6-9 April.<\/p>\n<p>We remain in solidarity with our Afghan brethren at this time of global pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Spokesperson \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 MoFA (@ForeignOfficePk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForeignOfficePk\/status\/1246382456502181888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pakistan-based VOA Deewa had reported that <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Pakistani officials stated the border will remain open till April 9, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hundreds of stranded Afghans rushed towards the Afghan side of Torkhum border on Tuesday after Pakistan temporarily opened its border with Afghanistan.Pakistani official say the border will remain open till April 9. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5fhVZer5Gv\">pic.twitter.com\/5fhVZer5Gv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VOA DEEWA (@voadeewa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/voadeewa\/status\/1247512988808069121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last year, the video was shared with the false claim that Afghans were entering Pakistan without COVID-19 screening. This was debunked by <a href=\"https:\/\/factcheck.afp.com\/video-shows-afghan-nationals-leaving-pakistan-during-temporary-opening-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AFP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, the viral video isn&#8217;t linked to Afghans fleeing to Pakistan after the Taliban&#8217;s takeover. The video is from last year after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted by the Pakistani government at the request of the Afghanistan government. Afghanistan nationals were entering their country from Pakistan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 27, The Guardian reported that an unprecedented number of people were fleeing from Afghanistan to Pakistan through the official broader crossing after the Taliban&#8217;s take over of Afghanistan. A video of thousands of people running hysterically has now been shared on social media. It is claimed that the video shows the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. 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