The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has dismissed reports of a Pakistani jet being shot down in Nangarhar and the capture of a pilot as false.

In a fact check posted on its X account, the ministry said that “Pakistan armed forces have not reported any aircraft loss” and added that the claim —made by the Afghan Ministry of Defence — was “widely amplified by Indian and Afghan propaganda outlets”.

“No pilot capture evidence exists,” the ministry said, adding that the circulated visuals were “recycled and unrelated”.