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By Anmol Alphonso An old video of a physical fight erupting between two panelists on an Afghan TV channel debate is being shared with the false claim that it shows Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) TV panelists coming to blows in Manipur on live TV. Clashes between the Meitei community and the Kuki tribe in Manipur started on May 3, 2023, leading to over 60,000 people getting displaced from their homes and the death toll exceeding 200 according to government figures. Elections for the two Lok Sabha seats in Manipur are to be held on April 19 and April 26, 2024. In the 19 seconds video,...
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By Anmol Alphonso A disturbing video showing the aftermath of an ISIS terror attack on the Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib in Kabul, Afghanistan in March 2020 is being shared with a false claim that it shows an attack on a Gurdwara in Pakistan. There have been several instances of targeted attacks on the Sikh community in Pakistan in the past several months. The Times Of India reported on a third attack on the Sikh community in Pakistan on Jun 25, 2023, with a shopkeeper being shot dead. In the 1.36 minutes video, several dead bodies of Sikhs can be seen lying on the floor inside a Gurdwara. The video ...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old video from Afghanistan of a large crowd gathered at the airport runway with several helicopters taking off is being shared with the false claim that it shows the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) troops landing in Ukraine. NATO is an intergovernmental military alliance between 31 member states from North America and Europe, prominently consisting of the United States, Germany, United Kingdom. Ukraine is not part of the NATO. The video was tweeted by a Twitter user Dane (@UltraDane) with the caption. "In case you missed it, NATO soldiers now in Ukraine." Click h...
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By Mohammed Kudrati The makers of the movie 'The Kerala Story' have claimed that 32,000 women in Kerala belonging to the Hindu and Christian communities have disappeared and have been trafficked to places such as Syria and Afghanistan to be sold as sex slaves to terrorist outfits such as ISIS over the last ten years. This they claim has happened through 'love-jihad' -a term that describes a conspiracy theory peddled by the Hindu right that alleges an elaborate ploy by Muslim men to lure Hindu women into romantic relationships with the ultimate aim to convert the latter to Islam. BOOM found tha...
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By Sk Badiruddin An old video showing a plane nosediving and crashing in Bagram, Afghanistan, is circulating as footage of the recent plane crash in Nepal's Pokhara. BOOM found that the video shows explosion of a Boeing 747 cargo jet in Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on 29 April 2013. Soon after reports of the plane crash in Nepal's Pokhara hit headlines, several unverified visuals started doing the rounds on social media. Among them, a Facebook Live footage of one Sonu Jaiswal, who was onboard the aircraft was also viral. BOOM was able to verify that the viral video was live-streamed on Faceboo...
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By BOOM Team At least 19 people have been killed and several others injured in a suicide attack at a tuition center in Afghanistan's Kabul on Friday. A BBC report said the blast ripped the Kaaj education centre in the Dasht-e-Barchi area located in the western part of Kabul city. The attack has left 27 people injured, officials have said. "Attacking civilian targets proves the enemy's inhuman cruelty and lack of moral standards," Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran was quoted as saying by Reuters, adding that the attack took place at the private tutoring centre where the students were givi...
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By Archis Chowdhury A video showing cricket spectators engaged in a brawl at a stadium is going viral with the claim that it shows Afghan and Pakistani cricket fans fighting after the recent match between the two teams at the Asia Cup 2022. BOOM found these claims to be misleading; while the video does show Afghan and Pakistani cricket fans clashing, it is old, and was taken during the ICC World Cup 2019. Afghanistan and Pakistan faced each other at the Asia Cup 2022 on September 7 at Sharjah, with the latter winning a close battle with one wicket and four balls remaining. Things took an ugly ...
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By The Conversation The word "anniversary" usually brings about happy and memorable moments. But Aug. 15 marks one year since the Taliban takeover and occupation of Afghanistan, and it's not a happy occasion for my homeland. Recently, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released a report entitled "Human Rights in Afghanistan," delving into the situation in the country since the takeover. The report is troubling but not shocking as it highlights civilian casualties, restrictions on women's rights and freedom of speech, extrajudicial killings and ethnic minority persecut...
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By The Conversation The killing of the al-Qaida leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in Kabul by a US drone strike on July 31 raises some crucial questions. It appears the ruling Taliban were aware of, and gave their blessing to, al-Zawahiri staying in one of the residential areas in Kabul. But did someone in their hierarchy turn him in to the US – and if so, who and why? It's worth thinking about what this means for the relationship between the two groups: one an ailing global terror network, the other an insurgent group trying to gain international legitimacy for its takeover in Afghanistan. Also Read...
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By Srijit Das A photo showing deep craters appearing in a road damaged by an earthquake in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in 2019, is being shared as visuals from an earthquake that struck Afghanistan recently. BOOM found that the picture shows a road damaged by an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude in PoK in 2019. A devastating earthquake of 6.1 magnitude rocked eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday killing over a thousand people so far and destroying hundreds of houses. The Taliban has appealed to the international community for humanitarian aid. However, the incident has revived old images of earthquakes...
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