Conflict at Pakistan-Afghanistan border has further and hostility along Durand Line at Pakistan-Afghanistan border has further intensified since Pakistani airstrike in Afghanistan and the retaliation of Afghan forces. 11 Pakistani soldiers were killed in fresh border clashes with Taliban.
However, several old videos and images are being shared among social media users with context the ongoing conflict between Pakistani and Afghan forces along Durand Line.
You can see few social media posts below:
The social media post mentions:
“Pakistani air defense reportedly shot down Afghan (Taliban) A-29 Super Tucano aircraft over Paktika.”
However, Fact Crescendo’s findings show that an old image of destroyed Brazilian A-29 Super Tucano aircraft has been falsely shared as Pakistani forced shot down Afghan aircraft over Paktia.
Fact Check
We started our investigation by applying Google reverse image search on the image of destroyed aircraft being shared among social media users. The reverse image search led us to an article published by AEROFLAP on 13 September 2021 and the similar image was shared along with the news that An Embraer A-29A Super Tucano aircraft from the Brazilian Air Force crashed this Monday morning (13) in an uninhabited area near Campo Grande Air Base (BACG), in Mato Grosso do Sul.
Conclusion
Hence, from the above investigation, it is clear that an old image of destroyed Brazilian A-29 Super Tucano aircraft has been falsely shared as Pakistani forced shot down Afghan aircraft over Paktia.
Title:Image of crashed Brazilian Airforce A-29 aircraft falsely shared as Pakistani air forces shot down Afghan Super Tucano aircraft.
Written By: Fact Crescendo TeamResult: False
