Fact Check: 2013 Philippines photo claiming military evacuation from Kabul

Team Udayavani, Aug 18, 2021, 2:24 PM IST

Social media users have been sharing a 2013 photo of a military evacuation out of the Philippines like they have been recently taken out of Kabul. The images being shared were originally taken from an evacuation by the U.S. Airforce days after a devastating typhoon hit the city of Tacloban in the Philippines.

The posts shared on social media have been mislabeled and claim the image shows an operation by the Indian Airforce (IAF), carrying refugees out of Kabul airport.

The original image dates back to 2013, showing “more than 670 Tacloban residents” on board a military plane, C-17 Globemaster III, on Nov. 17, 2013, following Super Typhoon Haiyan.

A photo obtained by outlet Defense One portrays a similar scene of a USAF operation to evacuate people from Afghanistan.

It was reported that on August 16, 640 Afghan civilians were evacuated onboard a C-17.

The viral photo obtained by news outlet Defense One shows 640 people evacuated from Kabul in a U.S. military plane on August 16.

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