Fact Check: Tight Security Check By Taliban At Airport In Afghanistan

Name: Fact Check: Tight Security Check By Taliban At Airport In Afghanistan
Uploaded: 2021-08-22T22:41:26+05:30
Channel: OB Bureau
Description: Doha: With Taliban establishing control over Afghan capital, videos and photographs of their rule are emerging on social media. A photograph showing an armed passenger being checked by security personnel at an airport in Afghanistan has gone viral. You might be a terrorist, but still you have to ho through the mandatory security checks at

Fact Check

By OB Bureau On Aug 22, 2021

Doha: With Taliban establishing control over Afghan capital, videos and photographs of their rule are emerging on social media.

A photograph showing an armed passenger being checked by security personnel at an airport in Afghanistan has gone viral.

You might be a terrorist, but still you have to ho through the mandatory security checks at #kabulairport #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/mLf2DMQ4oo

— Satya Arya (@arya_sd) August 17, 2021

The photo has the caption which translates to: “Captivating picture of security check at the airport.. means epic it is..!”

However, this photograph is old. A reverse image search on Google reveals that the photograph is of 2015 and was taken in Yemen. A CBS report dated June 16, 2015 shows how Houthi rebels are conducting checks. Here’s the original video report: