ISLAMABAD: Islamabad&#39;s foreign ministry said on Saturday that claims by Afghan military and police of downing a Pakistani jet and capturing a pilot were &quot;totally untrue&quot;. &quot;That&#39;s a false claim. Totally untrue,&quot; ministry spokesman Tahir Hussain Andrabi told AFP. Information Ministry rebuts fake newsMeanwhile, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Saturday rebutted false reports claiming a Pakistani fighter jet was shot down in Nangarhar, Afghanistan and its pilot captured.<div class="fr-embed"><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-3" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 698px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-3&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=2027651563183853750&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmain.d1wrm1qseko1cp.amplifyapp.com%2Fmedia-library%2F&sessionId=c4adfe28f371d8383619bdeef82ca5026e275958&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px"></iframe></div></div>The official Twitter handle of Pakistan&rsquo;s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for exposing fake news released a statement on its X handle on Saturday, addressing false reports about a Pakistani fighter jet allegedly being shot down in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. According to the ministry, Afghan news agencies and certain Indian media outlets, including Khaleej Times, circulated claims that the Ministry of Defense of the so-called Islamic Emirate reported Afghan forces had downed a Pakistani jet and captured its pilot alive. No jet shot down&nbsp;The ministry provided official counter-facts, stating that no Pakistani jet was shot down and no aircraft loss has been reported by the Pakistan Armed Forces. Independent international media outlets and defense monitoring agencies have not verified the claims. It further noted that no visual proof, debris, wreckage, or evidence of a captured pilot has been presented. Coordinated disinformation campaign&nbsp;The viral videos circulated as &ldquo;evidence&rdquo; were either old or unrelated, and an image shared by TOLO News showing a fallen jet was actually from a Russian aircraft incident in Turkey in 2021. The ministry described the reports as part of a coordinated disinformation campaign linked to the India&ndash;Afghan propaganda ecosystem, emphasizing that no credible defense analysis supports the claim that Afghan forces have the operational capability suggested. The statement urged the public not to rely on unverified battlefield claims and to cross-check information with official Pakistani authorities and credible international agencies, while avoiding the sharing of recycled or misleading content.

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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting rebuts false reports claiming a Pakistani fighter jet was shot down in Nangarhar, Afghanistan.

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