New Delhi, May 16 -- An AI-generated video falsely attributed to former Western Army Commander Lieutenant General Manoj Kumar Katiyar (retd) is being circulated on social media, claiming that India paid the Afghan Taliban to fight against Pakistan on its behalf, prompting the government's fact-checking unit to dismiss the clip as fake and digitally manipulated.
In the altered video, Lt Gen Katiyar is falsely shown making inflammatory remarks suggesting that India had outsourced military action against Pakistan to the Afghan Taliban to avoid casualties among Indian soldiers.
In the manipulated clip, he is heard saying: "First, Modi Ji himself thought of fighting Pakistan. But when Modi Ji failed, then we got this idea. Why don't we talk to...