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CIR is delighted to announce the launch of a new fact-checking unit by Afghan media outlet, Etilaatroz. The unit, named ‘Sanjah’ – a Dari/Farsi word meaning to measure, check or verify – has been supported by CIR’s Afghan Witness (AW) project.

The Etilaatroz team have been working steadily with AW to learn fact-checking methodologies and develop open source skills.

Pakistan stated the strikes were directed at militant group members located in Afghanistan, while the Afghan Taliban claimed that civilian residential areas were hit. Afghan Witness confirmed the deaths of several children following the strikes and verified retaliatory shelling and gunfire from Afghan forces towards Pakistani territory.

Many of the impersonator accounts identified by Afghan Witness repeatedly use derogatory language toward the Afghan LGBTQIA+ community and attempt to defame activists and news anchors in exile.

Shakoor's anti-Taliban speech departs from typical pro-Taliban Khutbas, and underscores the impact that dissenting religious voices can have against the Taliban regime

Pro-Taliban accounts began sharing posts commemorating the anniversary of the 1993 Hazara massacre on X on February 10 to denounce Massoud’s military operation, whilst anti-Taliban activists called out pro-Taliban attempts to exacerbate ethnic tensions

Targeted intimidation technique or unpaid rent dispute? Conflicting claims regarding the forced closure of Nan FM Radio, Khost, illustrate the Taliban’s tensions with media entities

By Rollo Collins and Francesca Gentile The second article of our new series “Spotlight on Extremism” looks into those conspiracy theories...

Myanmar state run media rejects evidence of deadly airstrikes in Tamu township

An open-source investigation into sites of detention in Myanmar