Fact Check: Old image from Iraq used to claim US military aircraft crash in Afghanistan

India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found no such news published by any credible media organisation recently. This is a 13-year-old picture that shows controlled detonation of a damaged US aircraft at an air base in Iraq.

An image of a burning plane is circulating on social media with the claim that a United States military aircraft has crashed in Afghanistan, killing and injuring hundreds of civilians and soldiers. “A US military C 130 plane has crashed in Farah province killing and injuring hundreds of people and soldiers. The plane was en route from Kabul airport to Qatar,” reads one such caption along with the picture.