This was false, and fact checker Mohammed Zubair dug into the story, finding the footage was from an Arma 3 gameplay video on YouTube. Republic attributed the footage to Hasti TV, claiming it showed Pakistan military using airstrikes to aid the Taliban against Afghan resistance. Related: Six Days In Fallujah Protested By Game Devs & Iraq War Veteran Still, it provides a realistic simulation of generic, modern warfare, and that fact has landed its gameplay in the hands of news outlets like Republic. The game largely chooses to only pull inspiration from real-life wars, as opposed to adapting them as they happened. An Arma 3 Vietnam War expansion pack was released earlier this year, but it's one of the few pieces of the game that directly ties into a real, historical event. The popular PC game is regarded as one of the most detailed military shooters available, and that realism has led to Arma 3 being mistaken for real-life conflict several times.Īrma 3 is based on a fictional, near-future war. Indian media outlet Republic recently aired " exclusive" footage it falsely claimed was evidence of the Pakistan Air Force supporting the Taliban against Afghan resistance in Afghanistan's Panjshir Valley, but the footage was actually gameplay from military simulation game Arma 3.
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