Islamabad denies Kabul’s claims of downing Pakistani fighter jet, capturing pilot

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government on Saturday dismissed claims by Afghan Taliban officials that a Pakistani fighter jet had been shot down over eastern Afghanistan and its pilot captured, calling such media reports part of a “coordinated” disinformation campaign. The statement follows a report by AFP that quoted Afghan military and police officials in Jalalabad, who claimed to have downed an aircraft in Nangarhar province. The reports come at a time of cross-border skirmishes between the neighbors over a rise in militancy in Pakistan.

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