Fake News Alert: Afghan Pilot Shares Picture Suggesting Pakistan Behind Kabul Attack

Colonel Rahman Rahmani, an Afghan pilot and author tweeted a photo of an assault rifle, and an army bag with a badge of the Pakistani flag on it claiming that it was from the site of the recent attack in Kabul Afghanistan that targeted a maternity hospital. In the tweet, he accused Pakistan of involvement in the Kabul maternity clinic  shootings that took place on Wednesday, May 13.

He said, "This rifle and bag (reserved armaments) were found at the hospital where Pakistani terrorists Taliban and their affiliates slaughtered innocent babies and mothers! Pakistan is the worst neighbor a country could have!" in his tweet referring to the attack that killed 24 people yesterday, in Kabul.

https://twitter.com/rahmanrahmanee/status/1260467624846266370?s=20

However, deputy director of the Asia Program, Michael Kugelman, has debunked this claim, saying that the image is is from Tubmr and was posted six years ago. There is no possibility of it being from the shootings. He said, "Why would terrorists fleeing carnage leave out their weaponry neatly positioned" like in the picture.

https://twitter.com/MichaelKugelman/status/1260625573417816065?s=20

On May 13, gunmen stormed a maternity hospital in the western part of the Afghan capital Kabul, setting off an hours-long shoot-out with the police and killing 24 people, including two newborn babies, their mothers and an unspecified number of nurses.