Pilot killed as airforce jet crashes

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Pakistan Air Force jet crashed yesterday while on a training mission in the country’s northwest, killing the pilot, the military said.

The F-7 aircraft went down near the town of Jamrud, near the entrance to the Khyber Pass, and Flight Lieutenant Amer Shazad was killed, the air force said in a statement.

The military has set up an investigation. There were no civilian injuries on the ground. Pakistan’s armed forces have had several air accidents in the past 18 months. (Reuters)