Fact-Check: Video Does Not Show a Market in Afghanistan Where Women Are Sold!

This video dates back to 2023 and shows a market in Faryab, Afghanistan.

Fact-Check: This video does not a market where women are sold.

(Source: The Quint) 

A video showing a market where several women wearing Afghani burqas is being shared on social media platforms.

The claim: Those sharing wrote that it showed a market where women are sold in Afghanistan.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot) 

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.) We received a query about this on our WhatsApp tipline number as well.

Is this true?: No, this claim is false.

• A war and conflict journalist named Afshin Ismaeli confirmed to The Quint that the video was from a regular market near the Faryab province of Afghanistan. It dates back to 2023 and shows a women's market where they can buy and sell things.

What we found: We divided the video into multiple screenshots and ran a Google reverse image search on some of them.

• We came across the video on a page of a journalist named Afshin Ismaeli who posted it on 21 July.

• Ismaeli uploaded it with the caption, "A market in Afghanistan. Poverty."

• We reached out to the journalist about the viral claim who clarified to us that it was false.

• He added that the video was from 13 October 2023 and showed a market near close to Faryab province. It was a women's market, a place for them to sell and buy goods.

• We were unable to find any reports or evidence to prove that such a market where women are sold exists in Afghanistan.

Conclusion: A false claim went viral that the video showed a market where women are sold in Afghanistan.

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