After India launched military strikes on terrorist targets in Pakistan on early Wednesday, Islamabab claimed that it had shot down five Indian Air Force jets, including three Rafale jets, one Su-30, and one MiG-29.

Later, Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif claimed his country’s military shot down five Indian jets and took an unknown number of Indian soldiers prisoner, Bloomberg reported.

AFP news agency published photos that showed aircraft wreckage lying in a field next to a red-brick building. Soon, the pictures went viral on internet. However, it was not immediately clear from the pictures of the wreckage who the aircraft belonged to.

Later in the day, in an CNN show, a new anchor asked the Pakistani Defence Minister for the ‘evidence’ linked to the claims. To this, Khwaja Asif replied, ‘It’s all over social media.’

CNN Anchor responded: ….I’m sorry we didn’t ask you here to talk about social media content

In a press conference, Indian officials spoke about the millitary strikes in Pakistan and stated that they were aimed at training camps operated by militant groups Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). However, they did not respond to any related Pakistan’s claims and refrained from taking questions from the media.