As tensions between India and Pakistan escalated, Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif continued to peddle false claims of downing five Indian fighter jets. During a conversation with CNN’s Becky Anderson, Asif cried foul about Operation Sindoor, which was conducted by the Indian forces against nine Pakistani terror camps.
When asked about the proof of the claims that Pakistan downed Indian fighter jets, the defence minister simply attributed it to social media without delivering any solid evidence. “It is all on social media, and Indian social media, not our social media. The debris of the jets fell on their side. It is all over the Indian media,” he claimed when CNN’s Anderson pressed for proof.
In the early hours of Wednesday, the Indian military conducted a tri-service mission called Operation Sindoor, attacking nine terrorist targets in Pakistan. The precision strikes were conducted as a response to the devastating Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir that led to the death of 26 people on April 22.
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