Unrelated Clips Shared as Recent Visuals From Afghanistan-Pakistan Escalations

We found that both these videos are old and have been stitched together to create the claim.

Fact-Check | The videos are old and are being shared with false claims.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A video showing several men with their eyes and hands tied standing together at the beginning, while a man dressed in military uniform could be seen inside a car towards the end, is going viral on the internet.

What's the claim?: Linking the clip to the recent Pakistan-Afghanistan escalations, an X (formerly Twitter) premium user shared it saying, "Afghan forces have crossed the Durand Line, advancing into Pakistan-controlled territory in Angoor Adda & Dir areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa..."

An archive of the post can be found here.

(Source: X/Screenshot)

The above post had garnered over 77 thousand views on the platform. You can view archives of similar posts here, here, and here.

What is the truth?: Both these videos are old and have been stitched together to create the false claim.

• While the first clip has been available on the internet since 2019, the second one could be traced back to at least 2023.

Details about the first video: On conducting a Google Lens search on the keyframes of the viral clip, we found the same visuals published on an unverified YouTube channel named 'Trending world'.

• It was posted on 6 February 2019 and was titled, "Pak Army SSG training | beating with hard stick| world most dangerous training."

• This clearly indicated that the visuals predated the recent escalations between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

What about the second video?: We noticed the official Pakistani flag on the uniform and the name tag said "Sep A. Kareem".

The name tag said "Sep A. Kareem".

(Source: Viral video/Screenshot/Altered by The Quint)

News report: Taking this forward, we conducted a keyword search using the words "sepoy a kareem pakistan death" and found a news report published by Pakistan Today.

• It said that two soldiers were martyred in the South Waziristan when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded.

• The report mentioned that the military's media wing identified the soldiers as Sepoy Banaras Khan and Sepoy Abdul Karim.

The report was published on 28 October 2023.

(Source: Pakistan Today/Screenshot)

• Next, we found similar visuals that showed the same military personnel inside a car uploaded on an unverified YouTube channel.

• It was posted on 10 May 2023 with a title that said, "pakistan army shaheed | shaheed soldier | army shaheed."

Conclusion: These evidences clearly show that the videos are old and are being falsely linked to the recent Afghanistan-Pakistan escalations.

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