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Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2023-06-20): ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Tuesday carried out what is believed to be the second confirmed public execution since the religious group took power in 2021, according to the country’s Supreme Court. [...] The court said the final approval for the execution was ordered by Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada after supervising a separate probe into the murder case. Akhundzada was named the Taliban leader in 2016 after a U.S. airstrike in Pakistan killed his predecessor, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour. It was the second known public execution since the Taliban takeover, even though rights groups and the international community have opposed such extreme punishments.
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2024-02-26): ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban held a public execution on Monday of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium, the third such death sentence to be carried out in the past five days. [...] It was also the fifth public execution since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO troops were in the final weeks of their withdrawal from the country after two decades of war. [...] On Thursday in the southeastern Ghazni province, the Taliban executed two men convicted of stabbing their victims to death. Relatives of the victims fired guns at the two men, also at a sports stadium, as thousands of people watched.
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2022-01-06): According to eyewitness testimony gathered by Amnesty International, the Taliban extrajudicially executed nine of the ANDSF members after they had surrendered, killings that appear to be war crimes. Two civilians were killed as they attempted to flee, including a 17-year-old girl shot when the Taliban opened fire on a crowd of people. These cold-blooded executions are further proof that the Taliban are committing the same horrific abuses they were notorious for during their previous rule of Afghanistan" [...] "These cold-blooded executions are further proof that the Taliban are committing the same horrific abuses they were notorious for during their previous rule of Afghanistan," said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General.
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2023-01-09): A video is being shared on social media claiming it to be the execution video of a Pakistani soldier captured by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Let’s verify the details of this video. [...] We performed a keyword search on Google regarding the execution of a Pakistani officer by the Taliban. This led us to a few news reports (here and here) from 2015 which reported an execution of an ISI officer by the Pakistani Taliban. These news reports have credited Reuters as their source. We then looked for the news report published by Reuters and found that it was published in October 2015, in which they reported that ‘The Pakistani Taliban has hanged a military intelligence officer in retaliation for recent executions of militants by Pakistan, the militant Islamist group said in videos released on Sunday‘. Reuters described the visuals of those videos in their article. The description of the second video matches the viral video.
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2022-10-18): ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — The Taliban captured, bound and shot to death 27 men in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley last month during an offensive against resistance fighters in the area, according to a report published Tuesday, refuting the group’s earlier claims that the men were killed in battle. [...] It said it also confirmed 17 other extrajudicial killings from further images on social media, all showing dead men with their hands tied behind their backs. Videos and photos of Taliban fighters with the bodies aided geolocation and chrono-location, also providing close-ups of the fighters at the scene. These were cross-referenced with other videos suspected to feature the group. [...] Ali Maisam Nazary, head of foreign relations at the National Resistance Front for Afghanistan, said: "The Taliban committed war crimes by killing POWs that surrendered to them point blank and the videos are evidence of this."
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2009-04-30): Troops sent to repel a Taliban advance toward the Pakistani capital killed 14 suspected militants, the army said Thursday, and accused insurgents of holding an entire town hostage.
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2014-09-08): Khorasani, by contrast, is unrelenting and unrepentant. Earlier this year, while his Taliban colleagues were pursuing peace talks with Islamabad, he categorically rejected these efforts and instead staged several high-profile attacks—including the execution of 23 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers held in his captivity. Last year, again while attempts at negotiations with Islamabad were underway, Khorasani’s Mohmand faction released a letter that suggested it may have been involved in a deadly attack on a church in Peshawar several days earlier. Then there is Khorasani’s aggressive exploitation of social media. His atrocities—like those of Islamic State—are frequently captured on video (images quickly surfaced of the 23 Pakistani soldiers’ beheaded corpses). Additionally, the intensity with which his advisers use social media as a vehicle for intimidation and publicity is striking (one of his aides taunted Hamid Mir on Twitter on the very day the prominent journalist was shot). Khorasani has also assembled an impressive media team. Members of his "media wing," along with a "personal assistant," regularly post assorted musings, statements, and threats on Twitter. The Pakistani Taliban’s former chief spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan (who is from Mohmand) now serves as Khorasani’s personal spokesman. Other Pakistani militants—particularly the sectarian ones—may rival Khorasani in his brutality, but few boast such an aggressive and high-powered media machine.
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2014-12-16): The Taliban had "300 to 400 people … under their custody" at one point, said Khurrassani, whose group is called Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan, or TTP. But Bajwa said there was no hostage situation, as the attackers’ focus was shooting to kill rather than taking captives. [...] The attack drew sharp condemnation from top Pakistani officials, who vowed that the country wouldn’t stop its war against the Taliban. [...] Khurrassani, the Pakistan Taliban spokesman, told CNN that the latest attack was revenge for the killing of hundreds of innocent tribesmen during repeated army operations in provinces including South Waziristan, North Waziristan and the Khyber Agency.
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2017-10-13): Pakistani soldiers have rescued a Canadian-American family of five that was being held hostage for nearly five years by a group that has ties to the Afghan Taliban.
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2024-08-29): Militants in northwestern Pakistan released video Thursday of an army colonel and his brother, a senior civilian security officer, showing them in captivity and requesting authorities help secure their freedom. [...] The fate of the other two hostages was not immediately known. The TTP sources claimed that they do not produce videos of civilian captives who are not associated with the Pakistani military and law enforcement agencies. [...] Taliban officials reject the Pakistani allegations, saying the TTP is not present in Afghanistan.
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2017-10-16): A US soldier captured by the Taliban for five years has pleaded guilty at a military court in North Carolina to desertion and misbehaviour before the enemy. [...] The US believes he was across the frontier in Pakistan for most of his captivity, reportedly held by the Haqqani network, which operates in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region and is allied to the Afghan Taliban. [...] Taliban officials say the soldier was handed over near Khost, close to the the Afghan-Pakistan border, on the evening of 31 May. A several-dozen strong US special forces team flew in by helicopter and briefly met some 18 Taliban on the ground.
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2021-05-10): Throughout 2015, the IMU actively threatened the Afghan government, primarily in the northern part of the country. In April 2015, the group released a video showing IMU members beheading an individual they claimed to be an Afghan soldier and threatened to behead Hazara (a historically persecuted ethnic group in Afghanistan) hostages, in supposed retaliation for the Afghan security forces capture of several female IMU members. In 2016, Uzbek refugee Fazliddin Kurbanov was sentenced by a U.S. federal court to 25 years in prison for planning a bomb attack in Idaho. Kurbanov had been in online contact with members of IMU, seeking advice on how to make explosives and discussing attacking U.S. military bases. [...] Aka Pakistani Taliban; Tehreek-e-Taliban; Tehrik-e-Taliban; Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan; TTP [...] TTP claimed multiple attacks in Pakistan in 2019. In July, TTP claimed responsibility for killing six soldiers on patrol in North Waziristan. TTP also claimed responsibility in August for killing four members of a ‘peace committee’ who were working with the Pakistani government in its efforts against the Afghan Taliban.
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2017-10-20): Boyle and Coleman's families made those first two videos public in 2014 after the release of US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who had also been held as a Taliban captive, hoping the publicity would help their appeal for the couple's safe return.
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2015-03-16): The Taliban videotaped the brutal execution of more than a dozen Pakistani policemen who were captured during last month’s raid in a remote area of northwestern Pakistan. The graphic video, which shows 16 Pakistani policemen who are lined up and then gunned down by Taliban fighters wielding AK-47s, was taken in early June in the Shaltalu area of the district of Dir in northwestern Pakistan, a Pakistani official and US intelligence officials who track the region told The Long War Journal. The executions were filmed after the policemen were captured during several days of heavy fighting. [...] The Pakistani Taliban routinely videotape executions of their captives. The most recent high-profile execution was carried out by Hakeemullah Mehsud and his followers. Earlier this year, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan released a videotape of the execution of a former Pakistani military intelligence official known as Colonel Imam. Although Imam, a senior officer in Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence directorate, was a favorite of the Afghan Taliban for his support of Mullah Omar, the Pakistani Taliban accused him spying against the terror group [see LWJ report, Video: Pakistani Taliban execute Colonel Imam].
Claim: Visuals of a recent incident where the Taliban executed a captive Pakistani soldier (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-01-06)
Evidence (2021-10-07): During their captivity, Najibullah and his co-conspirators forced the victims to make numerous calls and videos seeking help. For example, on or about Nov. 19, 2008, while in Pakistan, Najibullah and a co-conspirator (CC-1) directed Victim-1 to call his wife in New York. In one of the videos, Victim-1 – the American journalist – was forced to beg for his life while a guard pointed a machinegun at Victim-1’s face.
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-13): Islamic organizations, such as Dawat-e-Islami India and Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind, have actively participated in the relief work following the Odisha accident. They have provided essential supplies like food and water to the victims and facilitated transportation to nearby hospitals. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-06): Odisha train accident: More than 80 bodies unidentified after India train crash
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-19): BENGALURU: Following the Balasore train disaster earlier this month in Odisha – one of the deadliest train accidents in the country in recent years, with fatalities of over 300 and more than 1000 people injured – multiple foundations in Bengaluru sprung to action, attempting to provide immediate and vital relief to disaster victims. [...] Furthemore, organisations such as SEEDS Foundation are focussing on long-term recovery of victims. "We have deployed volunteers at the community hospital and community centres in Odisha to help the affected victims and also arranged for ambulance services. Our operation also provided food and water supply to the restoration workers at the accident site", said Satyabrata from SEEDS. With the minimal funds they possess, they provided resources and support to 700 to 1,000 residents and their families.
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-05): Reliance Foundation on Monday announced a 10-point relief plan for the victims of the Odisha train accident, which led to the death of 275 people and injured around 1,000 of them. The foundation has also mobilised its disaster management team to aid the relief efforts. [...] The foundation's relief efforts in Odisha are being coordinated with the government and other agencies. The foundation is committed to providing all possible assistance to the affected people.
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2019-01-01): In the wake of the tragic train accident in Odisha, our hearts ache for the immense loss and shattered families left behind. Now, more than ever, we must unite and extend our compassionate support to these victims in their darkest hour. Join us in supporting the victims of the devastating Odisha train accident. Your generosity can make a significant impact in their lives. [...] Together, we can rebuild lives, provide education, support the wounded, and offer immediate relief to those affected by the Odisha train accident. Please share this appeal widely and help us make a meaningful difference.
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-03): Odisha train accident: Deadly India crash recovery operation in photos
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-01-01): Claim: During the Odisha train accident, no Islamic organization helped with relief efforts. Fact: Following the accident in Odisha, Islamic organizations like Dawat-e-Islami India and Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind have actively participated in the relief efforts. They have helped the victims get to nearby hospitals and given them essential supplies like food and water. Consequently, the post’s claim is MISLEADING. [...] It was discovered through a keyword-based internet search that Islamic organizations like Dawat-e-Islami India and Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind, in addition to the RSS, have participated in the relief efforts for the Odisha train accident victims. They have offered assistance by, among other things, arranging transportation for victims to nearby hospitals and providing affected individuals with food and water. You can see images of relief work here, here, here, and here.
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-04): A day after close to 300 people lost their lives in the tragic train accident in Odisha's Balasore district, social media users started sharing communal conspiracy theories on the reasons behind the mishap. [...] Statement from police about the communal claims: The verified Twitter account of the Odisha police tweeted that users are 'mischievously giving communal colour to the tragic train accident at Balasore.'
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-04): Balasore train accident LIVE updates: Nearly 300 people were killed and over 800 have been injured in a horrific train derailment that occurred on Friday evening at around 7 pm in Odisha's Balasore. The derailment of 10 to 12 coaches of the Shalimar-Chennai Coromandel Express caused them to fall onto the opposite track. Subsequently, the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express collided with the derailed coaches, leading to the derailment of three to four of its own coaches. Adding to the tragedy, a goods train was also involved in the crash....Read More [...] A 24-hour control room has been set up to monitor the relief activities for the train accident in Odisha: Rahul Pandey, SDPO A 24-hour control room has been set up to monitor the relief activities for the train accident in Odisha. A roundabout control room has been opened in Medinipur. Death toll rose from the Balasore train mishap. Helpline has been opened at Tamluk in east Medinipur. Some people are untraced, the search is on for the missing: Rahul Pandey, SDPO
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-03): The death toll in Odisha train accident has gone up to 288 as India witnesses one of its worst railway disasters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive on Saturday afternoon, while West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was at the spot a few hours ago. Earlier in the day, Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik visited the mishap site in Balasore. [...] "Distressed by the train accident in Odisha. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. May the injured recover soon. Spoke to Railway Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw and took stock of the situation. Rescue ops are underway at the site of the mishap and all possible assistance is being given to those affected," he tweeted. The Odisha government issued helpline 06782-262286. The railway helplines are 033-26382217 (Howrah), 8972073925 (Kharagpur), 8249591559 (Balasore) and 044- 25330952 (Chennai). [...] The Telangana government on Saturday offered support to the Odisha Government and the Railway authorities in rescue and relief operations relating to the ghastly railway accident that took place in Balasore district in Odisha.
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-04): Odisha train crash: Why derailments are a problem for Indian Railways
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-13): The disaster in Odisha represents the deadliest train collision in over two decades in India and ranks as the third worst train collision since 1954. [...] Following the Odisha train collision, India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and India’s Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw took to Twitter and other forms of communications to demonstrate their condolences, hoping to unite a distraught nation. [...] The payment of INR200,000 ($2423.73) would be given to the next of kin of each deceased in the train mishap in Odisha. The injured would be given INR50,000 ($605.93).
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-04): Rescue Operation In Odisha "More Or Less" Complete: Disaster Relief Force ChiefRescue operations have more or less been completed after the Odisha train accident that claimed 275 lives leaving more than 1,000 injured, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said on Sunday. Director General of NDRF Atul Karwal told ANI, "The rescue operation is more or less complete. I don't think there is any other possibility to locate any live or dead victim in this wreckage. It has been checked a few times. Now I think train travel will become normal." [...] United Nations, Jun 4 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness at the loss of lives in the tragic train accident in Odisha that has killed over 280 people and injured hundreds more. The crash in Odisha's Balasore district involving three trains is one of the worst rail accidents in India in nearly three decades. Odisha Train Accident A Jolt To Railways' Plan For A Makeover: Experts
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-03): The toll in the Friday evening train accident at Bahanaga Bazar railway station of Odisha’s Balasore district rose sharply to 288 on Saturday, while 1,091 injured persons have been provided medical assistance. Of the injured, 56 were stated to be grievously wounded.
Claim: No organisation associated with Islam participated in the relief work during the Odisha train accident (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-06-13)
Evidence (2023-06-13): In the context of the recent Odisha train accident tragedy, a post circulating on social media claims that only the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) participated in the rescue operations, while no Muslim organization helped despite the presence of several mosques at the accident site. Let’s verify the claim made in the post. [...] Fact: Islamic organizations, such as Dawat-e-Islami India and Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind, have actively participated in the relief work following the Odisha accident. They have provided essential supplies like food and water to the victims and facilitated transportation to nearby hospitals. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING. Through an internet search using relevant keywords, it was discovered that, in addition to the RSS, Islamic organizations such as Dawat-e-Islami India and Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind have participated in the relief operations for the victims of the Odisha train accident. They have provided assistance by supplying food and water to the affected individuals, as well as arranging transportation for victims to nearby hospitals, among other efforts. Visuals of relief work can be seen here, here, here, and here.