Did Pakistan lose another F-16? Afghanistan makes big claim; shares video

Afghanistan connected Friday claimed that Pakistan had mislaid its much-hyped, American-made F-16 combatant pitchy successful action, arsenic the Islamabad-led subject carried retired overnight strikes targeting aggregate cities successful Taliban-led Afghanistan.The US-made F-16 jet, considered a cardinal plus of the Pakistan aerial force, was reportedly utilized successful the airstrikes connected the Taliban-led country, which does not person an aerial unit of its ain and relies chiefly connected crushed forces.

The reports suggested that debris from the F-16 was seen scattered connected the ground.On X, an relationship claiming to beryllium affiliated with the “Afghanistan Defense” shared a video purportedly showing the wreckage of a destroyed and burning F-16 combatant jet, alleging that it had been changeable down by Taliban defence forces.'

Pakistan, successful retaliation for what it described arsenic “unprovoked firing” by Afghanistan, launched subject enactment against the neighbouring Taliban-led state nether Operation Ghazab Lil Haq. The cognition included targeted strikes successful cardinal Afghan cities, including Kabul and Kandahar.The Islamabad-led subject besides reportedly destroyed Afghan subject bases arsenic portion of its retaliatory action.This was not the archetypal clip Pakistan’s F-16 jets person been targeted successful determination tensions. In May 2025, during heightened hostilities, India launched Operation Sindoor and claimed to person destroyed Pakistan’s F-16 and JF-17 combatant jets.

Months earlier, Indian aerial unit main AP Singh had besides stated that India changeable down and destroyed US-origin F-16 jets and Chinese-made JF-17s during Operation Sindoor.The UAV hangar successful Sukkur, the AEW&C (airborne aboriginal informing and control) craft hangar successful Bholari, and the F-16 hangar successful Jacobabad, Pakistan, were besides reported to person been damaged successful the strikes.“We person indications of 1 C-130 people craft and perchance an AEW&C aircraft, on with astatine slightest 4 to 5 combatant jets, astir apt F-16s, being destroyed,” the IAF main said.