Did Afghanistan Shoot Down Pakistan's F-16 Jet? Unpacking Viral Claims Amid Clashes

• Pakistan launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq, conducting airstrikes in Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia after a cross-border attack by Afghanistan.
• Social media videos emerged showing burnt wreckage, with claims by Afghan forces that they shot down a Pakistani F-16 jet.
• The viral video shows wreckage with serial number 85510 and a Pakistani flag, but experts and AI chatbots question its authenticity.
• The aircraft's size and structure in the video do not match an F-16, and the serial number doesn't correspond to known Pakistani F-16 inventories.
• The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a US-made, widely used fighter jet, part of Pakistan's air arsenal, previously used against India.