Hyderabad: Social media. users claim that Taliban members discovered liquor in the house of Afghanistan's former foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani.
The clip, which shows a group of men in a room full of liquor bottles, has been viewed more than 10,000 times.
"Taliban says they have discovered alcoholic drinks storage room in Salahuddin Rabbani's house in Kabul. Mr. Rabbani is the leader of Jamiat-e-Islami & former foreign minister," reads the English-language caption.
Fact Check
The claim is False.
NewsMeter performed a reverse image search and found a report by a Czech news website Aktualne.cz on September 14, 2021, "The Taliban takes over the warehouse of the Czech embassy. Becherovka and mustard have been seized," reads the report.
The report states that the footage shows numerous reserves of alcohol and bottles on the premises of the Czech embassy in Kabul. It quotes Salahuddin Rabbani debunking the rumors. "It is not my house, but the Czech embassy. It is propaganda against me," he wrote on Facebook.
Clearly, the viral video is from the Czech embassy not the house of Afghanistan's former foreign minister. Thus, the claim is false.