India-Pakistan War: A new report from the US Congress has reignited discussion around the brief but intense India–Pakistan conflict that took place in May. While the assessment appears broadly sympathetic to Pakistan’s narrative, it simultaneously highlights several inconsistencies in Islamabad’s claims and calls out China’s parallel disinformation push targeting India’s Rafale fleet post Operation Sindoor.

Pakistan had claimed it shot down six Indian jets during the clashes. The congressional report, however, states that India lost three aircraft—and suggests that not all of them were Rafales. The findings contrast with former US President Donald Trump’s earlier remark that a total of eight jets were downed. Based on the report’s numbers, if India lost three aircraft, Pakistan may have l

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