India, May 8 -- Pakistan's defence minister, Khawaja Asif, has attributed his country's claim that its forces downed five Indian jets -- including Rafales -- during Operation Sindoor to "reports in social media".

Asif made the bizarre statement during a CNN interview when a journalist asked him if Pakistan had any evidence to prove its claim. The video of the exchange has gone viral.

"It is all on social media, and Indian social media, not our social media. The debris of the jets fell on their side. It is all over the Indian media," he claimed when the journalist pressed for evidence.

India on Wednesday morning targeted terrorist installations, including training camps and launchpads, in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, killing ...