India’s long data practice to make accusations not verified against Pakistan has been the subject of renewed scrutiny during the increase in tensions between the two residents of southern Asia with nuclear weapons.
The United States has adopted a neutral position in the latest accusations of India, decreasing to support New Delhi statements due to the lack of credible intelligence evidence, according to credible sources.
The controversy focuses on what analysts describe as a failed attempt of “false flag” of India to involve Pakistan without justified evidence.
According to reports, US officials, including spokesman for the United States Department of the United States, Tammy Bruce, have refrained from confirming any intelligence that supports India’s claims, instead highlighting the importance of responsible dialogue between both neighbors with nuclear weapons.
“We are in contact with both countries and support a responsible resolution,” Bruce said.
“We will not comment on intelligence matters or diplomatic messages,” he added, reaffirming the Washington’s neutral approach.
Analysts argue that the silence of the United States has questioned the narrative of India, and some experts question why India resists independent investigations if it has genuine evidence.
Bruce emphasized even more: “We want perpetrators to be responsible and support efforts for that purpose.”
Defense experts in Pakistan welcomed Washington’s apparent validation of the call of Pakistan for transparent international investigation.
This episode adds to the growing concerns about the use of narratives not corroborated by India to change global opinion, since Pakistan continues to advocate independent probes to guarantee regional peace and stability.
Latest tensions
The last climbing in the tensions between India and Pakistan follows the attack of April 22 in Pahalgam, India illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (Iiojk), which resulted in 26 deaths. India immediately accused the elements based on Pakistan to orchestrate the attack, although no evidence was provided. Islamabad has strongly rejected these accusations.
In retaliation, India closed the Wagah Earth border on April 23, suspended the Indo Water Treaty and revoked the Pakistani visas. Pakistan responded labeling any interruption of water flow as an “act of war” and closed the Wagah crossing on his side.
The situation intensified even more on Wednesday, as the reports of several cities in Pakistan, including Muzaffrabad, Kotli, Mueridke and Bahawalpur, detailed multiple explosions. Pakistan’s military spokesman, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, confirmed that Indian air attacks had addressed multiple locations within Pakistan. In response, Pakistan released Swift Air and Ground Operations.
In the first hour of retaliation, Pakistan announced the fall of five Indian combat planes, including four Rafale aircraft, which India had recently acquired from France to strengthen its aerial defenses after the failed Balakot operation in 2019.
“Pakistan could have demolished 10 Indian combat planes,” said Lieutenant General Chaudhry during a press conference. “But Pakistan chose to exercise restriction.”
Despite the scale of the response, the Indian media remained silently on the losses. The Hindu, a prominent Indian newspaper, initially reported that three Indian planes had been demolished, but then eliminated the article, probably under the pressure of the Indian government to avoid more shame.
An American commentator about CNN declared that the potential loss of Rafale’s aircraft severely damaged the claim of India of aerial superiority, which had built around the induction of these advanced French combat planes. Some experts speculated that the confrontation served as a test of Chinese and Western military technologies, particularly after Pakistan acquired J-10c aircraft from China in response to the Indian rafale fleet.
A senior French intelligence official confirmed to CNN that a Rafale plane had been shot down by Pakistan, marking the first time that this sophisticated French plane had been lost in combat.
In another development, Pakistan’s armed forces confirmed the neutralization of 25 Israeli manufacturing Harop drones used by India in recent cross -border activity.
A statement issued by Public Relations between Pakistan Services (ISPR) confirmed on Thursday that these drones were demolished using both electronic countermeasures (soft slaughter techniques) and conventional armament (hard slaughter systems) after they were detected flying over multiple areas throughout Pakistan.
The ISPR described the drone raids as a “desperate and panic response” of India, which occurred after Pakistan retaliation operations on May 6 and 7, in which five Indian combat planes fell and several military positions fell.
Not immunate by the armed drones made by Israelis, called “Mero -Munitions”, sent by India in multiple cities of Pakistan, including Karachi, the residents of the Metropolitan City poured into the streets into an extraordinary wave of solidarity with the armed forces.
The number of Indian drones demolished by the Pakistani armed forces had reached at least 77, security sources confirmed on Friday.
