06 March 2026
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Fact-check: Video purporting to show Sirajuddin Haqqani's uncle firing an RPG on the border is misleading

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Fact-check: Video purporting to show Sirajuddin Haqqani's uncle firing an RPG on the border is misleading

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A circulating video claims to show Sirajuddin Haqqani's uncle firing an RPG at a Pakistani border post. Our assessment finds clear indicators that the clip is not what it purports to be. Location and landscape do not match: the terrain, surroundings and layout are inconsistent with the targeted post. Rocket flight is unnaturally slow, giving the impression the footage is delaying the attack rather than depicting a real launch. Visuals appear manipulated and repackaged for psyops, suggesting editing and recontextualization. Conclusion: The footage is misleading, altered and designed to spread disinformation.

Tom Cooper is a Vienna-based independent military analyst, historian, and author specializing in post-Cold War air warfare, Middle Eastern conflicts, and the armed forces of Central and Eastern Europe. With over 25 years of field research and analysis, he is a frequent contributor to specialized publications like Jane's Intelligence Review, Combat Aircraft Magazine, and the Central European Journal of Strategic Studies. A former Austrian Army reservist (military intelligence), Cooper combines boots-on-the-ground technical intelligence (TECHINT) collection—photographing and analyzing equipment—with open-source intelligence (OSINT) and deep archival research. He is renowned for his meticulous "order of battle" analyses, tracking the deployment and attrition of military units in conflicts from the Balkans to Syria and Ukraine.


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