An Afghan on his bicycle passes the hijacked Indian Airlines plane on the tarmac of Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan December 29. Afghanistan's Taliban Foreign Minister [Abdul Wakil Muttawakil] told reporters in Kandahar that responding to an appeal by the Taliban government, the hijackers have withdrawn their demands of a $200 million ransom and the return of the body of a slain militant buried in northern India.
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