Supporters of the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) have challenged the authenticity of videos they attribute to the Taliban, while presenting separate footage as showing what they describe as genuine AFF fighters.
The supporters claim that some videos circulated by Taliban-linked accounts were staged using Afghan refugees who had been deported from Iran. However, they did not provide independently verifiable evidence to establish that the individuals shown in those videos were refugees or that the footage had been staged.
The latest claims have added to an ongoing dispute over videos and images circulated by rival Afghan groups during the conflict.
AFF supporters say the footage they shared represents the group’s actual fighters and activities. The Taliban have not, in the material provided, responded to the specific allegations concerning the videos.
The identities of individuals appearing in the footage, the circumstances in which the videos were recorded and the timing of their filming could not be independently verified.