A clip showing a group of people dancing with assault rifles is being widely shared on social media, claiming that people in Afghanistan are celebrating after their country defeated Australia by 21 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024.
A Facebook user shared this video and wrote: टी20 वर्ल्ड कप के सुपर 8 मैच में अफगानिस्तान ने ऑस्ट्रेलिया को 21 रन से हराया टी20 विश्व कप में अपनी टीम द्वारा विश्व चैंपियन ऑस्ट्रेलिया को हराने के बाद अफगानिस्तान में बड़े पैमाने पर जश्न मनाया गया। (English version: See below.👇)
This Facebook post can be seen here (archive).
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the viral post, and found it to be false.
Running the video keyframes through Reverse Image Search, the NM team identified a YouTube video, titled “DJ Bannu Dance”. The video, which has instrumental music, was uploaded by a channel — Waziristan Music — dated March 30, 2021, suggesting that it is not recent.
Searching further, we came to know that several Indian media outlets in 2021 had shared this video, claiming that Talibans are celebrating after occupying Afghanistan. Also, a tweet from a Pakistan-based journalist, Iftikhar Firdous, who lashed at news channel TV9 Bharatvarsh for airing a Pakistani wedding celebration with a caption: “Unbelievable an Indian Channel is showing a viral video of marriage in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Dancers in the marriage are masquerading. The anchor shows them as the Taliban celebrating the take over of Maidan in Afghanistan. This is next level bullshit, lol.”
Unbelievable an Indian Channel is showing a viral video of a marriage in Khyber Paktunkhwa, Pakistan. Dancers in the marriage are masquerading. The anchor is showing them as the Taliban celebrating the take over of Maidan in Afghanistan . This is next level bullshit lol. pic.twitter.com/TC18FRLXGd
— Iftikhar Firdous (@IftikharFirdous) August 15, 2021
Thus, it is confirmed that the viral video is from 2021, andnot related to the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024.
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