ISLAMABAD: Two drones were intercepted in the federal capital on Friday, according to sources.
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2 drones intercepted in Islamabad: sources
ISLAMABAD: Two drones were intercepted in the federal capital on Friday, according to sources.
Sources stated that one of the drones fell near Faizabad and the other in Islamabad’s I-9 sector. They further stated that the drones were explosive-laden.
Sources stated that the drones had possibly been launched from neighbouring Afghanistan.
Earlier, the Pakistan Airports Body stated in a post on X — that has since been deleted — that flight operations at Islamabad Global Airport experienced a “short report operational adjustment”.
The comment had come after multiple press outlets documented that Islamabad Global Airport had been closed for flights.
In a later comment, the body stated that reports circulating about the closure of Islamabad’s airspace were “baseless”.
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