According to multiple accounts on social media, a senior commander of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Qari Khalid alias Ashna, has publicly declared support for Israel in its ongoing conflict with Iran.
A Facebook user posted a short video, captioned in French as "Al-Qaïda se range du côté d’Israël contre l’Iran" (translated: "Al-Qaeda sides with Israel against Iran"), which claims Ashna released a message from Afghanistan urging followers to back Israel against Tehran.
What began as a single post has snowballed into a viral trend, with identical or similar claims proliferating on Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Gettr since March 1.
Accounts ranging from news aggregators to individual users have reposted the narrative, often framing it as "breaking" news or a "wild twist" in the US-Israel-Iran war that erupted on February 28.
