An previous video of a struggle between two panelists throughout an Afghan TV channel debate is being shared with the false declare that they’re Congress and BJP panelists who got here to blows in Manipur on stay TV.
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Within the 19-second video, two males will be seen arguing after which they get right into a bodily struggle punching one another and pushing each other round in a TV studio. The video was posted on X by the deal with @BackOmyGawd with the caption, “Big Fight On Live TV : BJP vs INC #Manipur”.
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BOOM discovered that the viral video is from an Afghan TV channel – 1TV Kabul on which a struggle erupted between two panelists in June 2016 throughout a debate present. The viral video is just not from Manipur displaying BJP-Congress panelists getting right into a struggle on stay TV as being claimed.
We broke the video into key-frames and ran a reverse picture search utilizing Google Lens, which search outcomes confirmed that the viral video is previous and from Afghanistan.
The search outcomes confirmed up a submit on X with the identical viral video posted on February 15, 2019, with the caption, “Ladies & Gentlemen! Let’s enjoy afghan TV talkshow fight. They are lacking tolerance. #Afghanistan”
We are able to see the identical visuals and sequence of occasions on this video as within the viral video. Moreover, on this longer video – 30 seconds, we are able to additionally see the channel identify talked about – 1TV Kabul.
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1TV Kabul is a privately owned industrial Afghan tv channel that was launched in February 2010.
Taking a touch from this, we checked the official YouTube channel of 1TV Kabul and located the unique video posted on June 10, 2016, with the caption when translated to English reads, “Amaj Amaj – Controversial discussion about Hekmatyar’s joining the Afghan government’s peace process”
From the 25.15-minute timestamp, we are able to see the identical the struggle get away between the 2 panelists as within the viral video.
The talk was on Hizb-e-Islami chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who had been designated a “global terrorist” by the US becoming a member of the Afghan authorities peace talks. Hekmatyar in September 2016 formally signed a peace settlement with the then Afghan authorities led by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.
This story was initially printed by BOOM, and republished by NDTV as a part of the Shakti Collective.