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The hijackers finally forced the aircraft to land in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which at the time was controlled by the Taliban. The hijackers released 27 of 176 passengers in Dubai but fatally stabbed one and wounded several others.
More than two decades after the infamous hijacking of Indian Airlines flight IC-814, family of victim Rupin Katyal finally got justice after hijacker Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim aka Jamali was gunned...
Mar 9, 2022 · He was among the five hijackers of IC 814, which was taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan on December 24, 1999. The hijackers included Azhar’s brothers Rauf Asghar and Ibrahim Azhar. Both continue to live in Pakistan.
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Mar 8, 2022 · Kandahar hijack: One of the terrorists who hijacked the Air India plane, IC-814, in 1999 — Zahoor Mistry — was killed by bike-borne assailants in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Feb 29, 2024 · IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is a verisimilar account of that infamous hijack from 1999 inside the aircraft, the War Room back home in Delhi, and the Negotiation Station in Kandahar. This is a story that created unexpected heroes out of the most unprecedented crises.
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Dec 20, 2019 · A first-person account of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijack by terrorists and the negotiations to free the hostages. The author, son of the then foreign minister Jaswant Singh, recalls the drama, the tension and the aftermath of the crisis.
Jan 1, 2023 · Once the hijacked aircraft was stationed in Kandahar, the help Washington was able to provide was naturally limited. With no direct access to the Taliban, India tried to ensure that a maximum number of international observers descended on Kandahar.
