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Afghanistan Says Pakistan Fighter Jet Down as Cross-Border Strikes Flare
The incident escalated cross-border conflict with Afghan forces capturing the pilot after downing the jet amid ongoing Pakistani air strikes on 37 Afghan locations, officials said.
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Afghanistan Claims Responsibility for Shooting Down a Pakistani Fighter Jet and Capturing the Pilot.
Afghanistan claimed to have shot down a Pakistani fighter jet and captured the pilot, while Pakistan insists the claim is false amidst a "full-scale war" situation.
Pakistan's army, backed by artillery and aviation, attacked during the night and early Saturday hours more military installations inside Afghanistan, after Pakistan said it was in “open war” with its neighbor to the west. Pakistan claimed that more than 300 Afghan forces died since fighting broke out Thursday night during a large Afghan cross-border attack on its territory. Afghanistan rejected the figures for false. The numbers of victims that …
The fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan continues: A supposedly Pakistani fighter jet flies to Jalalabad in the morning. Explosions follow. According to eyewitnesses, the pilot can save himself, but is arrested by the Afghan army.
Hours earlier, two strong explosions had rocked the city of eastern Afghanistan, a day after Pakistan carried out bombings in several parts of the country.
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