{"id":2117,"date":"2024-12-30T10:07:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T10:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afghanistan.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2024-12-30T10:08:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T10:08:00","slug":"old-image-of-destroyed-russian-tank-shared-as-pakistani-forces-destroyed-an-afghan-taliban-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afghanistan.factcrescendo.com\/english\/old-image-of-destroyed-russian-tank-shared-as-pakistani-forces-destroyed-an-afghan-taliban-tank\/","title":{"rendered":"Old image of destroyed Russian Tank shared as Pakistani forces destroyed an Afghan Taliban Tank.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pakistani airstrikes<\/a> in Afghanistan’s Paktika province on December 25, 2024, killed 46 people. Reportedly Afghan forces retaliated by targeting several points inside Pakistan,  resulting in the deaths of 19 Pakistani soldiers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However several images and videos are being shared among social media users with context to the recent Pakistani airstrikes strikes in Afghanistan and the reported Afghan forces retaliations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPakistani forces destroyed an Afghan Taliban T-62 tank across the border using long range guided artillery. The tank was allegedly being transported closer to the Pakistani border by Taliban forces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Fact Crescendo\u2019s findings show that an image of a destroyed Russian T-62 Tank is shared as an Afghan Taliban Tank destroyed by Pakistani forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As per latest media reports the conflict situation at Pakistan-Afghanistan border has further escalated since Pakistani airstrike in Afghanistan and the retaliation<\/a> of Afghan forces. Casualties<\/a> also have been reported on both sides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, We applied Google reverse search for our investigation and this led us to a website named The Ukraine Israel<\/a> on 9 August 2024 and according to the published article, the image was taken after Ukraine had captured 11 Russian Sattlements and destroyed at least 2 Russian T-62 battle tanks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Timeukraineisreal<\/a> Archived Link <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hence, from the above investigation, it is clear that the image does not show an Afghan Taliban Tank destroyed by Pakistani forces in a recent series of retaliations at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. The image actually shows a  T-62 Russian tank destroyed by Ukraine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t