Kabul (Pakistan News) after paying a heavy price for the confrontation against Pakistan, the Indian and Afghan media started this propaganda that the Afghans shot down a Pakistani jet and its pilot is alive in the custody of the Afghan regime. No one believed this claim, but now the truth about this propaganda revealed.
According to the details, the Taliban said that children told them that a person had landed using a parachute; they went to the place in a rickshaw and arrested him.
The parachute and sports tracksuit of the detained Afghan national were taken off, then an unsuccessful attempt was made to present this Afghan citizen as a Pakistani pilot. The person was also beaten up in an open market, after which people in Nangarhar started celebrating.
An official associated with the Afghan Ministry of Defense also confirmed the arrest of this person who is not Pakistani.
Fake Alert: The Afghan Taliban have claimed that they shot down a Pakistani aircraft in Nangarhar. However, upon reviewing the footage shared by Afghan sources, it was proven to be completely fake. An Afghan individual using a sports parachute was apprehended and presented by the… pic.twitter.com/nqOGPjtDtY
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On the other hand, Pakistan’s Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi has said that Afghanistan’s claim of downing a Pakistani plane is completely false. He said that the claim of the Taliban downing a Pakistani plane is false and baseless, and that there is no such thing, as confirmed by the relevant authorities.