Pakistan 'failed' to achieve objective in counter-strike, claims IAF chief.

The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) failed to achieve its objective when it launched a counter-attack on February 27 through the Nowshera sector in Jammu, Indian Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa said on Monday, addressing a seminar in New Delhi organised to mark the birth centenary of Marshal of Air Force Arjan Singh.Indian Air Force earlier claimed to strike a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) training camp in Balakot, killing an unspecified number of terrorists.

"We had technology on our side, we could launch precision standoff weapons with great accuracy," Dhanoa said.In the February 27 PAF counter-attack, the IAF lost a MiG-21 fighter jet and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was taken captive by Pakistan after his plane was shot down over the Line of Control (LoC).

In the aerial dogfight, Varthaman shot down an F-16 of the PAF. Varthaman was released on March 1.

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