{"id":2125,"date":"2024-12-31T11:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T11:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afghanistan.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2024-12-31T11:44:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T11:44:04","slug":"old-video-of-chopper-crash-in-balochistan-shared-as-pakistani-airforce-helicopter-shot-down-by-afghan-taliban-commandos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afghanistan.factcrescendo.com\/english\/old-video-of-chopper-crash-in-balochistan-shared-as-pakistani-airforce-helicopter-shot-down-by-afghan-taliban-commandos\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video of Chopper crash in Balochistan shared as Pakistani Airforce helicopter shot down by Afghan Taliban Commandos."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Days after Pakistan launched airstrikes<\/a> in Afghanistan’s Paktika province on December 25, 2024, killing 46 people, Afghan forces retaliated by targeting several points inside Pakistan, resulting in the deaths of 19 Pakistani soldiers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, recently a 17 seconds long video of  a plane crashing is being shared as a Pakistani Airforce chopper crashing being shot down by the Afghan forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cPakistani Airforce helicopter shot down by the elite commandos of the Afghan Taliban along the disputed durand line…\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Fact Crescendo\u2019s findings show that an old video of a chopper crashed in Gwadar on 3 September 2023, Balochistan has been shared with false claims that a Pakistani air force plane was shot down by Afghan Taliban forces recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fact Check<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per latest media reports the conflict situation at Pakistan-Afghanistan border has further escalated since Pakistani airstrike in Afghanistan and the retaliation<\/a> of Afghan forces. Casualties<\/a> also have been reported on both sides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there are no media reports regarding any such incident of a Pakistani airforce plane getting shot down by Afghan Taliban Forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For further investigation, we applied Google reverse search on the key fragments from the shared clip. The search led us to a youtube video  shared by Hindustan Times<\/a> a year ago in September 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The caption of the youtube video mentioned that A Pakistan Navy helicopter crashed in the southwestern port city of Gwador in Balochistan, killing three crew members. The Pakistan Navy said in a statement that “the helicopter crashed during the flight due to a possible technical fault.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hindu<\/a> Archived Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An article published by NDTV<\/a> also shared a screenshot from the clip and mentioned that 3 Pakistani Navy Personnel were killed in the chopper crash on 3 September 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hence, from the above investigation, it is clear that an old video of a Pakistani Chopper crash in Gwadar has been falsely shared as a Pakistani airforce plane shot down by Afghan Taliban forces recently. The video of the Plane Crash dates back to 3 September 2024 when the crash killed 3 Navy personnel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t