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Islamabad: Pakistan\u2019s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has categorically rejected claims that a Pakistani fighter jet was shot down in Afghanistan\u2019s Nangarhar province and its pilot captured, terming the reports baseless and part of a coordinated propaganda campaign.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, the ministry\u2019s fact-check wing stated that the claim \u2014 attributed to officials of the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan \u2014 was widely amplified by Indian media and Afghan propaganda outlets without any credible evidence. It clarified that Pakistan\u2019s armed forces have reported no aircraft loss and that no independent international media organisation or defence monitoring agency has verified the alleged incident.<\/p>\n
The ministry pointed out that there is no visual proof of crash debris, no geolocated imagery, satellite evidence, or any confirmation of a captured pilot. It added that in modern conflict environments, verified aircraft crashes are rapidly documented \u2014 yet no such material exists in this case. The statement further revealed that several viral videos being circulated as \u201cjet crash evidence\u201d are old and unrelated clips recycled to fit a false narrative. A misleading image shared by Afghan media was also identified as being linked to a separate Russian aircraft incident in Turkey in 2021.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi termed the claim \u201ctotally untrue\u201d and dismissed it outright.<\/p>\n
In a related development, multiple Indian social media accounts circulated what analysts describe as AI-generated videos alleging that Afghan forces had shot down a Pakistani JF-17 fighter jet over Jalalabad and captured its pilot. Observers note that similar disinformation tactics were exposed during the 2025 Indo-Pak tensions, when several exaggerated and false claims \u2014 including fabricated stories about capturing Pakistan\u2019s GHQ, destroying Karachi Port, arresting Pakistan\u2019s prime minister and even attacks on Islamabad \u2014 were later debunked by independent fact-checkers and international media.<\/p>\n
Analysts say the recycling of fake visuals and use of artificial intelligence-generated content reflect a pattern of coordinated psychological warfare aimed at misleading the public and manufacturing a perception of military success. They maintain that the latest episode appears to be another attempt to fuel tensions and propagate a fabricated narrative through digital manipulation and cross-border propaganda networks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Islamabad: Pakistan\u2019s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has categorically rejected claims that a Pakistani fighter jet was shot down in Afghanistan\u2019s Nangarhar province and its pilot captured, terming the reports baseless and part of a coordinated propaganda campaign. According to Kashmir Media Service, the ministry\u2019s fact-check wing stated that the claim \u2014 attributed to officials …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":195943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t