{"id":84098,"date":"2021-01-10T16:57:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T11:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=84098"},"modified":"2021-01-11T14:55:30","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T09:25:30","slug":"indian-media-falsely-claims-pak-diplomat-admits-300-killed-in-balakot-airstrike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/indian-media-falsely-claims-pak-diplomat-admits-300-killed-in-balakot-airstrike\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian media falsely claims ex-Pak diplomat admits 300 killed in Balakot airstrike"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, January 9, Indian news outlets reported that former Pakistani diplomat, \u201cAgha\u201d Hilaly has admitted that the February 26, 2019 Balakot airstrike saw 300 casualties on the Pakistani side. The aftermath of the Balakot airstrike had given rise to media reports placing the casualties at 300<\/a> citing \u201ctop government sources\u201d even as Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the casualty figure will not be provided. International media had subsequently reported<\/a> that no one had died in the strikes.<\/p>\n

The story was reported by ANI<\/a>, Republic<\/a>, The Times of India<\/a>, Moneycontrol<\/a>, WION<\/a>, Hindustan Times<\/a>,\u00a0 NE Now<\/a>, Odisha TV<\/a>, Jagran<\/a>, Swarajya<\/a>, Lokmat<\/a>, Oneindia<\/a>, Deccan Herald<\/a>, Business Today<\/a>, Livemint<\/a>, DNA<\/a>, The Quint<\/a>, News18 India<\/a>, HW News<\/a>, India Today<\/a>, CNBC TV18<\/a>, ABP News, <\/a>\u00a0NDTV<\/a>, India\u00a0TV<\/a> among others. Many of these reports are republished ANI story.<\/p>\n