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'My father was on hijacked plane in 1984': What Jaishankar did next as officer?
S Jaishankar recounted his role in 1984 plane hijacking negotiations, revealing his father was on the flight.
Published on Sep 13, 2024 05:37 PM IST
Rajiv says TGIKS praised him for IC 814… ‘except Sunil Grover’
Rajiv Thakur thinks that Sunil Grover “might be caught up and would see the show whenever he gets the time”. He played Ibrahim Akhtar, aka Chief, in the show.
Published on Sep 12, 2024 10:42 AM IST
HT Entertainment Desk | Edited by Ananya Das
Why the Modi government should declassify records on IC-814 hijacking
Congress and National Conference have targeted the Vajpayee government for submitting to Pak terrorists at Kandahar. The truth is more complicated
Updated on Sep 09, 2024 03:51 PM IST
Remembering IC-814 hijacking and birth of Pak terror monster Masood Azhar
The 1999 IC-814 hijacking has again caught the public eye through a fictional series broadcast over an OTT platform
Updated on Sep 03, 2024 04:23 PM IST
IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack slammed for allegedly changing terrorists' identity
Five terrorists, Ibrahim Athar, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Zahoor Ibrahim, Shahid Akhter and Sayed Shakir, hijacked the IC-814 plane.
Published on Sep 01, 2024 03:03 PM IST
PTI | | Edited by Ananya Das
IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack review: Avengers of Indian acting assemble
IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack review: Anubhav Sinha milks a seasoned ensemble to tell a true story holistically that soars the most when it's on ground.
Updated on Aug 29, 2024 01:22 PM IST
Death toll rises to 32 in multiple blasts at Kandahar mosque in Afghanistan
The blast at the mosque in the centre of the town occurred during Friday prayers, the busiest congregation of the week.
Updated on Oct 15, 2021 04:28 PM IST
Man dangling from helicopter in Kandahar viral video was fixing flag: Report
Republican senator Ted Cruz deleted his earlier tweet in which he claimed that the Taliban hanged a man from the Blackhawk. But what remains accurate is the Taliban are brutal terrorists, Ted Cruz tweeted, after social media users claimed that the man in the viral video was alive and was fixing the flag.
Published on Sep 01, 2021 05:54 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Pilot of plane hijacked in 1999 says Afghan airspace very risky, explains why
The Taliban 'government' may say something and somewhere down their forces may be doing something else making Afghan airspace very risky in future, former Air India pilot Devi Sharan whose IC-814 was hijacked to Kandahar in December 1999 said.
Published on Aug 27, 2021 08:44 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Who is behind the wheels? Video shows Taliban test-driving Blackhawk helicopter
A Taliban spokesperson earlier said that the Taliban will ask Afghan soldiers, pilots, to join the army as the Taliban do not have trained pilots among them.
Published on Aug 26, 2021 08:29 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
'Seems nothing has changed..': Captain Devi Sharan remembers Kandahar hijack
"They are roaming around in open jeeps with rocket launchers on Kabul streets, just like they did when they were surrounding our aircraft in Kandahar," Captain Devi Sharan said.
Published on Aug 20, 2021 03:57 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Taliban claim to capture Afghanistan's second-largest city of Kandahar: Reports
A resident also told AFP that government forces appeared to have withdrawn to a military facility outside the city of Kandahar.
Updated on Aug 13, 2021 05:50 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Meenakshi Ray, New Delhi