The long -standing practice of India aimed at making non -verified allegations against Pakistan has been the subject of a renewed examination during the climbing of tensions between the two neighbors of Southern Nuclear.
The United States has adopted a neutral position on the latest accusations of India, refusing to approve the claims of New Delhi due to a lack of credible evidence, according to credible sources.
The controversy focuses on what analysts describe as a failed attempt at “false flag” from India to involve Pakistan without supported proof.
US officials, including the spokesperson for the United States Department of State, Tammy Bruce, would have refrained from confirming any intelligence information from India, rather stressing the importance of responsible dialogue between the two neighbors with nuclear arms.
“We are in contact with the two countries and support a responsible resolution,” said Bruce.
“We will not comment on intelligence issues or diplomatic messages,” she added, reaffirming Washington’s neutral approach.
Analysts argue that American silence has questioned the story of India, some experts wondering why India is resistant to independent surveys if it has real evidence.
Bruce also stressed: “We want the authors to be held responsible and will support efforts for this purpose.”
Defense experts in Pakistan welcomed Washington’s apparent validation from Pakistan’s call to a transparent international survey.
This episode adds increasing concerns about India use of non -corroborated stories to move global opinion, while Pakistan continues to defend independent probes to ensure regional peace and stability.
Latest tensions
The latest climbing of tensions between India and Pakistan follows the attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, in India illegally occupied of Jammu and Kashmir (Iiojk), which resulted in 26 deaths. India immediately accused Pakistan elements of orchestrating the attack, although no evidence has been provided. Islamabad firmly rejected these allegations.
In retaliation, India closed the Wagah lands border on April 23, suspended the Industry Water Treaty and revoked Pakistani visas. Pakistan responded by labeling any disturbance in water flow as an “act of war” and closed the Wagah crossing on the side.
The situation erely intensified on Wednesday, while reports from various cities in Pakistan, including Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Muridke and Bahawalpur, detailed several explosions. Pakistan’s military spokesperson, lieutenant-general Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, confirmed that Indian air strikes had targeted several locations in Pakistan. In response, Pakistan has launched Swift Air and Ground Operations.
During the first hour of reprisals, Pakistan announced the decline in five Indian fighter planes, including four burst aircraft, which India had recently acquired France to strengthen its air defenses following the failure of Balakot’s operation in 2019.
“Pakistan could have killed 10 Indian fighter planes,” said Lieutenant-General Chaudhry during a press briefing. “But Pakistan has chosen to exercise a restraint.”
Despite the magnitude of the answer, the Indian media remained largely silent on the losses. The Hindu, an eminent Indian newspaper, initially reported that three Indian planes had been slaughtered but then deleted the article, probably under pressure from the Indian government to avoid more embarrassment.
An American commentator on CNN said that the potential loss of Rafale planes would seriously damage India’s claim to air superiority, which it had built around the induction of these advanced French warns. Some experts have hypothesized that the confrontation had served as a test of Chinese and Western military technologies, especially after Pakistan acquired J-10C jets in China in response to the Rafale Fleet of India.
A senior French intelligence official confirmed to CNN that a burst plane had indeed been shot down by Pakistan, marking the first time that this sophisticated French plane had been lost in combat.
In another development, the Pakistan armed forces have confirmed the neutralization of 25 HAROP drones of Israeli manufacturing used by India in a recent cross -border activity.
A statement published Thursday by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan confirmed Thursday that these drones had been slaughtered by using both electronic countermeasures (soft-tight techniques) and conventional weapons (hard killers) after being detected in several areas through Pakistan.
The ISPR has described the incursions of the drone as a “desperate and panicked response” by India, which intervened after Pakistan’s reprisal operations on May 6 and 7, in which five Indian hunting planes were slaughtered and several military posts were struck.
Impected by armed drones of Israeli manufacture, called “blur ammunition”, sent by India to several cities in Pakistan, including Karachi, residents of the metropolitan city flocked in the streets in an extraordinary wave of solidarity with the armed forces.
The number of Indian drones killed by the Pakistani armed forces had reached at least 77, confirmed security sources on Friday.
