India Pakistan tensions: How Turkish drones are helping Pakistan attack India; Read full story
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India Pakistan tensions: In a recent military escalation along the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan has reportedly used hundreds of drones that are imported from Turkey. It has been reported that Turkey had supplied Pakistan Pakistan with 300-400 drones that were used by Pakistan to target both military and civilian areas in India.
'The Indian armed forces brought down a number of these drones using kinetic and non-kinetic means,' the government said on the drones that are used to attack India. Reports also saying that initial forensic evidence of the drone debris suggests that these were 'Asis Guard Songar' drones of Turkey. However, the main issue which needs to be understood is the fact that why Turkey is helping Pakistan. Why Turkey is helping Pakistan!
Turkey has consistently extended moral, economic, and military support to Pakistan, backing its communal narrative of the Two-Nation Theory as well as its stance on Kashmir promoted by Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Just hours after the Pahalgam terror attack—carried out by The Resistance Front, a proxy of the UN-banned terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, becoming the only global leader to do so. Following the meeting, Sharif thanked Turkey for its 'unwavering support' on the Kashmir issue. Pakistan used civilian airliner as shield, didn't close civil airspace says Centre
The Centre, briefing the nation over Pakistan's repeated airspace aggression after the dismantling of terror infrastructure on its soil, said on Friday that the neighbouring nation was using civilian flights as 'cover' and it didn't even close the civilian airspace despite launching an attack on India.
'Pakistan's irresponsible behaviour has again come to the fore. It did not close its civil airspace despite launching a failed unprovoked drone and missile attack on 7 May at 8.30 hours in the evening,' Wing Commander Vyomika Singh told the press, during a special briefing on Operation Sindoor.
(With inputs from agencies)
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