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Dancing armed men clip falsely linked to Afghanistan's historic cricket win over Australia

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After Afghanistan beat Australia in the T20 Cricket World Cup league match in June 2024, an old video appearing to show men dancing with firearms has been viewed millions of times in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed celebrations in the country after the match. The video has circulated online since at least March 2021.

"Afghanistan Shock #Australia By 21 Runs In Super 8s Match Of #T20 World Cup. Massive celebrations in Afghanistan after their team stunned world champions Australia in the T20 World Cup," read a Facebook

The post included a video -- viewed more than eight million times -- which shows a group of men dancing while holding what appear to be firearms. Since the Taliban took over in August 2021 and introduced an austere vision of Islam, scenes of public jubilation have been rare.Its description read:"This video is for entertainment only peacefully and Pathan culture wedding Dance# Bannu DJ Full HD Video 2021.

"Pathan" is a term that refers to the Pashtun ethnic group residing primarily in Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. Below is a screenshot comparison of the video in the false posts and the 2021 YouTube footage : https://www.youtube.com/embed/YYkmT8tfdXs

 

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