Kathmandu – United States Embassy based in Kabul, Afghanistan made a blunder in social media writing about Afghanistan win against Bangladesh during the match at Manuka Oval, Canberra on Wednesday.
The US embassy congratulated the side on their victory just half-way through the Bangladesh Innings. However after 48 minutes, they posted a new tweet citing premature posting and cheered for the team Afghanistan.
Congratulations to #Afghanistan for their win over #Bangladesh in the Cricket World Cup #CWC15 #AFGvsBAN
— U.S. Embassy Kabul (@USEmbassyKabul) February 18, 2015
The tweet triggered a flood of sarcastic retorts about Americans in Kabul prematurely declaring victory, as well as an apologetic response from the embassy.
Premature posting but we are still cheering for team Afghanistan at the #CWC15! #AFGvsBAN
— U.S. Embassy Kabul (@USEmbassyKabul) February 18, 2015
With the match barely a quarter of the way through, the US embassy’s official Twitter account posted a message hailing Afghanistan’s “victory”.