Top Indian military commander confirms Pakistan shot down their fighter jets

(Web Desk):  Pakistan shot down Indian fighter jets Pakistan during the four-day conflict earlier in the month, India’s Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan confirmed on Saturday.

Indian fighter jets were shot down by the Pakistan Air Force on the night of May 6-7 in response to the Indian Air Force’s late-night missile strikes at six Pakistani sites, including Subhan Mosque in Bahawalpur’s Ahmedpur East, Bilal Mosque in Muzaffarabad, Abbas Mosque in Kotli, Umalkura Mosque in Muridke, the village of Kotki Lohara in Sialkot district, and Shakargarh.S

Speaking to Bloomberg TV at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, General Chahuan said, “I think what is important is not the jets being downed but why the jets were shot down.”

In response to a query by the show’s host, he confirmed that Indian fighter jets were shot down during the recent escalation between the two countries.

He emphasised that the reasons why the Indian jets were shot down and what the Indian forces did after that were more important.

General Chauhan also claimed that the four-day conflict never came close to the point of nuclear war.

American and French officials also confirmed that Pakistan shot down an Indian jet using fighter aircraft it acquired from China, CNN and Reuters reported earlier in the month.

India’s military confirmed for the first time that it lost an unspecified number of fighter jets in clashes with Pakistan in May.

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CNN cited a senior US official saying, as per their assessment, Pakistani forces shot down the jet during India’s air strikes inside Pakistan.

A high-ranking French intelligence official also told CNN that one Rafale fighter jet operated by the Indian Air Force was downed by Pakistan.