Is this a video of a Pakistan fighter jet shot down by Afghanistan? No. The video is from Rajasthan.

Afghanistan and Pakistan are currently at war. Pakistan claims to have killed 200 Afghan soldiers, while Afghanistan claims to have killed 58 Pakistani soldiers.

Against this backdrop, a video of a plane crash site is going viral on social media. Users are claiming that this is a recent video of a Pakistan AirForce fighter jet crash which was shot down by Afghanistan. 

However, Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. This is an old video from Rajasthan when a training fighter jet crashed in a city. 

What’s the claim? 

Sharing the video, a social media user wrote, “PAF jet crashed inside Pakistan territory in Bajaur (shot down by TTP commandos), Pakistan army on a cleanup job”

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Fact Check- 

A Google Reverse Image Search on a keyframe led us to the same video uploaded on the Hindustan Times YouTube channel on 29 July 2022. According to the report, two Indian Air Force pilots were killed during a training session near Barmer in Rajasthan. The IAF said the aircraft was on a sortie from Utarlai air base and the accident took place at around 9:10 pm in which both the pilots lost their lives.

The Hindu reported that the incident took place during a training flight near Barmer in Rajasthan, where the aircraft crashed, killing both the pilots on board. The Indian Air Force expressed deep grief over the loss and has launched a formal investigation to determine the cause of the accident.

Conclusion: 

Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. The video is of an old incident of an Indian Air Force fighter jet crash and not linked to the current Afghanistan-Pakistan war.