A baseless and fabricated report was aired by Sky News claiming an airstrike on Pakistan by Afghanistan, which was later deleted by the channel.
The global propaganda campaign against Pakistan suffered a major setback when the international broadcaster “Sky News” deleted one of its fabricated and ridiculous reports after public pressure and the facts came to light.
The news channel’s deletion of the report is proof that this news was merely fabricated to promote the Indian agenda and spread fear and panic in Pakistan, which has now failed miserably.
Sky News ignored the facts in its reporting on Pakistan, says officials. How can such a big news channel make such a blind mistake, or in simple words, was it a propaganda to only jeopardise the Pakistani state?
Sky news false propaganda
A baseless and fabricated report aired by Sky News that falsely reported an airstrike by Afghanistan on Pakistan has now been deleted.
The global propaganda campaign against Pakistan suffered a major setback when the international broadcaster “Sky News” deleted one of its fabricated and ridiculous reports after public pressure and the facts came to light.
Sky News first tweeted from its official handle and then aired a report claiming that an “airstrike” had been carried out by Afghanistan on Pakistan.
The fact is that Afghanistan does not even have an air force.
However, after the facts came to light on social media and severe criticism from defence experts, Sky News had to remove its false story and tweet.
Security sources say that Sky News has become so blinded by its hostility towards Pakistan that it has forgotten even the basic ground realities of how a country that does not even have fighter jets can carry out an air strike.
Pak-Afghan tension
Pakistan’s military on February 26, 2026, launched attacks at several points along its border with Afghanistan, following what the officials described as unprovoked fire from across the frontier.
According to security officials in Islamabad, artillery and other weapons were used in at least six locations along the mountainous border region.
The areas mentioned include Bajaur, Kurram and Mohmand, as well as parts of Chitral and Khyber in north-western Pakistan.
The Pakistani government said the action was taken in response to what it called cross-border threats and attacks by militants operating from Afghan territory.
Claims of damage and casualties
In a statement, Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said Afghan Taliban forces had opened fire on multiple locations inside Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
It said Pakistan’s armed forces had given what it described as an “immediate and effective response”.
Officials claimed that several militant bases and border posts on the Afghan side had been hit and that there were heavy casualties. These claims could not be independently verified.
Pakistani security sources said that some of those targeted were linked to groups Islamabad refers to as “Fitna al Khwarij”, a term it uses for certain militant factions it accuses of carrying out attacks inside Pakistan.
Long-running border tensions
The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan has long been a source of tension.
Pakistan accuses militant groups of using Afghan territory to launch attacks, particularly in the tribal districts that border Afghanistan.
The Afghan Taliban authorities have previously denied allowing their soil to be used against Pakistan.
In recent months, there have been several incidents of cross-border firing and air strikes, adding to the strain between the two neighbours.
The frontier is mountainous and difficult to monitor, making it hard to prevent movement by armed groups.
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