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KARACHI: India’s claims  of shooting down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in an aerial battle   during the February  standoff between the two two nuclear powers have been debunked by the   US Defence officials, Foreign Policy Magazine reported on  Thursday.The US officials with direct knowledge of the situation told the Foreign Policy that US personnel recently counted Islamabad’s F-16s and found none missing.According to the reports, all the claims of Indian civil and military leadership appeared to be wrong as the count, conducted by US authorities on the ground in Pakistan negated New Delhi’s version of events, suggesting that Indian authorities may have misled the international community about what happened that day.The Modi government's claim  to down Pak jet   in February 27 dogfight was made to gain political mileage by the ruling party. The  Indian opposition parties too accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of exaggerating the  event to improve its image  in the upcoming elections.It is pertinent to note that, Pakistan had shot down two Indian aircraft violating its airspace and captured pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan, who was later released in a gesture of peace by Pakistan.

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