Police officers test automobiles as a safety measure, following exchanges of fireside between Pakistani and Afghan forces, alongside a street resulting in the airport in Karachi, Pakistan on Saturday (February 28, 2026).
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A Pakistani jet has crashed in Jalalabad metropolis and the pilot captured alive, the Afghan navy and police mentioned on Saturday (February 28, 2026), with residents telling AFP the person parachuted from the aircraft earlier than being detained.
“A Pakistani fighter jet was shot down in the sixth district of Jalalabad city, and its pilot was captured alive,” police spokesman Tayeb Hammad mentioned.
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Wahidullah Mohammadi, spokesman for the navy in jap Afghanistan, confirmed the Pakistani jet was downed by Afghan forces “and the pilot was captured alive”.
The announcement adopted an AFP journalist listening to a jet over Jalalabad, adopted by the sound of two explosions from the route of the town’s airport.
Pakistan’s navy and Information Ministry didn’t instantly reply to AFP’s request for remark.
Pakistan launched air strikes on Friday (February 27) on the Afghan capital Kabul and southern Kandahar, the place Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada relies.
The aerial assaults adopted Afghan forces beginning a border offensive towards Pakistan late on Thursday (February 26), which the Taliban authorities mentioned got here in response to prior Pakistani strikes on Afghanistan.
Published – February 28, 2026 12:16 pm IST
