"Al-Qaeda hijack Indian plane for releasing Masood Azhar"

Islamabad: Al-Qaeda carried out hijacking of Indian plane in 1998 to secure release of Pakistani militant Maulana Masood Azhar, Abu Jandal former guard of Osama Bin Laden disclosed this in a one and a half hour movie documentary aired by Al-Jazeera on Saturday.
Abu Jandal recalled in the TV documentary that Bin Laden welcomed Maulana Masood Azhar after his release from an Indian jail preceding hijacking of a plane that landed in the Afghan city of Kandahar and was threw a lavish party in honor of the Pakistani militant.
Giving details of the release he mentioned on the day of the operation of the hijacking of the Indian plane at the Kandhar Airport the Sheikh told me to get my missiles ready. We had stinger missiles. Within half an hour we declared emergency in the area. The plane was flying over the airport building and than it landed at the Kandahar Airport. When I observed the sign at the plane the word ‘Indian’ was written on it. At that moment I realize that what was happening.
17/09/06 Online - International News Network, Pakistan

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