CNN Anchor Fact-Checks Pakistan Minister on Downed Indian Jets

Pakistan's Response to Indian Strikes

• 🇵🇰 Pakistan offered an international investigation into the Pulwama terrorist attack, which India has not agreed to.
• 🇮🇳 India claims it struck nine sites of terrorist infrastructure used to plan attacks against India.
• ❓ Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stated these claims are absolutely wrong and there is no evidence.

Claims of Downed Indian Jets

• ✈️ Pakistan claims to have shot down five Indian Air Force jets and a drone, including three Rafale and Jaguar jets.
• ❓ CNN anchor Becky Anderson pressed Asif for evidence beyond social media claims.
• 📱 Asif cited social media and debris falling in Indian-occupied Kashmir as proof, which Anderson dismissed as insufficient.
• ✈️ Asif confirmed that JF-17 or JF-10 planes were involved in downing the jets, manufactured in Pakistan with Chinese collaboration.

Escalation and Regional Conflict

• ⚠️ Asif expressed concern about the possibility of conflict expansion into a full-blown war, which Pakistan is trying to avoid.
• 💥 He stated that India crossing the international boundary was a clear violation and an invitation to expand the conflict.
• 🇺🇸 The US President has called the escalation a