Fact Check: 2016 Image of Blast Survivor Falsely Linked to Recent Suicide Bombing in Kabul

At least 53 people were killed and 110 injured in a suicide bomb blast outside an education centre in Kabul. Of the 53 people, 46 were girls and young women.

In the above context, a picture of a girl with injuries on her face is extensively shared on social media claiming that she is a victim of the recent blast.

Facebook users are sharing the picture with a caption: This is the face of Hazara Shia persecution. This young lady survived bombing of an educational centre in Kabul, but lost most of her friends and classmates. Her face won’t make it to magazine covers in the West because she is not Malala. #StopHazaraGenocide

Here’s the link to the above post.

FACT CHECK 

NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found the image to be old.

To our surprise, the same image has been shared on the stock photo website of Getty Images. As per the photo description, it was taken on April 09, 2016.

According to the description, the woman in the picture is Razia Noorizada Didar, 30, who was injured in a suicide bomb attack in 2016, when a car driven by a Taliban suicide bomber rammed into a bus carrying employees of Tolo TV.

The picture caption reads: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -APRIL 9, 2016: Razia Noorizada Didar, 30, was one of the seriously wounded victims that worked with Tolo for a decade. Razia has lost sight in her left eye, and has several fractured bones. Her face is scarred from burns and shrapnel. She says her life is shattered and she wants to leave Afghanistan. The employees had finished a day”u2019s work at Tolo TV, one of Afghanistan”u2019s largest entertainment channels, when they boarded a company bus in Kabul that was rammed by a car driven by a Taliban suicide bomber. Seven people were killed and at least 25 wounded in the attack.”n”nEvery year the UN comes out with their report documenting the unfortunate carnage from America”u2019s longest and most costly war in history. Along with the price tag estimated in the hundreds of billions, the human toll from a 2015 UN Assistance Mission To Afghanistan (UNAMA) report stated the number of Afghan civilians killed and wounded surpassed 11,000, which was the deadliest on record for civilians in Afghanistan since the US-led invasion more than 14 years ago.”n (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Reportage)

We also found the tweet by Tolo TV about the attack in 2016. ” Unfortunately, in the terrorist attack today in Darulaman Road in Kabul, we lost 7 staff members,” the tweet dated January 22, 2016 read.