Did IAF Veteran Admit to ‘Balakot Failure’? Pak Shares Old Video
Asif Ghafoor posted a video of retired Air Marshal Denzil Keelor claiming he admitted to Balakot failure.
CLAIM
Pakistan Armed Forces Spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor claimed in a Twitter post that Indian Air Force veteran, retired Air Marshal Denzil Keelor admits to the failure of Indian forces on 27 February 2019.
India carried out airstrikes in the wee hours of 26 February in Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
In retaliation, Pakistan captured Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman in a strike on 27 February.
THE TRUTH
On searching Air Marshal Denzil Keelor on YouTube, we came across a video posted by Wild Films India on their channel titled: 'Nehru lost India the war: Air Marshal Keelor speaks about India's battle losses', which was posted on 9 August 2015.
Retired Air Marshal Denzil Keelor is a 1965 Indo-Pakistan war veteran.
Many Twitter users also called out Ghafoor for posting fake news.
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