RTXJESY
29 Dec. 1999
Kandahar, Afghanistan
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Wakil Muttawakil] told reporters in Kandahar that responding to an appeal by the Taliban government, the hijackers have withdrawn their demands of a $200 million ransom and the return of the body of a slain militant buried in northern India.
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