Claim: Photo of a Taliban fighter while he is eating ice cream.
Fact-check: Old photo of an Afghan citizen falsely shared as recent visuals of a Taliban fighter enjoying ice cream - FACTLY
Verdict: the photo shared in the post was captured by american photographer steve mccurry. this photo shows an afghan man buying ice cream for his children. steve mccurry shot this photo in 2002 at pol-e-khomri city in afghanistan. this photo has nothing to do with the taliban. hence the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Dilip Kumar Sripada
Date published: 2021-08-26T12:25:12