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After former Pakistan diplomat Agha Hilaly admitted killing of 300 terrorists in the Balakot airstrike, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Harnath Singh Yadav slammed Oppositio
Fact Check: Did ex-Pak diplomat claim 300 casualties in Balakot airstrike? Here s the truth
The claim is based on a spliced video clip of the ex-Pakistani diplomat speaking to the Pakistani channel Hum News in December, last year.
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Updated: Jan 10, 2021, 08:26 PM IST
A piece of news has been doing rounds that a former Pakistani diplomat Zafar Hilaly admitted on a news television show that 300 terrorists had died in the Balakot airstrike on February 26, 2019. The claim is false and was based on a spliced video clip of Hilaly speaking to Pakistani channel Hum News in December, last year.
News agency ANI had done the article, titled Former Pak diplomat admits 300 casualties in Balakot airstrike by India .
Fact-check: False Claims About ex-Pak Diplomat Admitting 300 Killed in Balakot Airstrike
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New Delhi: Several reports have claimed that a former diplomat from Pakistan admitted that as many as 300 terrorists had died in the Balakot airstrike conducted by India on February 26, 2019. However, the information has turned out to be false as the video clip cited by media houses was doctored.
News agency ANI had reported that Agha Hilaly made the statement during a TV new debate on a Pakistani Urdu channel. India crossed the international border and did an act of war in which at least 300 were reported dead. Our target was different from theirs. We targeted their high command. That was our legitimate target because they are men of the military. We subconsciously accepted that a surgical strike- a limited action- did not result in any casualty. Now we have subconsciously told them that, whatever they will do, we ll do only that much and won t escalate, Agha Hilaly reporte
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