December 27, 1999

Indians begin hijack negotiations
BBC News
Indian negotiators have begun negotiations with hijackers of the Indian Airlines plane at Kandahar airport.

UN has no plans to negotiate crisis over hijacked Indian plane
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 27 (AFP) - The United Nations has no plans to negotiate the crisis over a hijacked Indian plane now on the ground in Afghanistan, a UN official said here Monday.

Indian Negotiators Begin Talks With Hijackers By Radio
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP)--After five hijackers of the Indian Airlines plane threatened to execute their hostages, India began negotiations Monday with the captors to try to end the ordeal that began nearly four days earlier.

India doing everything to free hostages: PM
NEW DELHI, Dec 27 (AFP) - India is doing its best to free the 160 crew and passengers aboard a hijacked Indian Airlines plane in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said Monday.

FOCUS-Taleban say will storm jet if captives hurt
12:46 p.m. Dec 27, 1999 Eastern
By Sayed Salahuddin
KANDAHAR, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Afghan Taleban troops will storm a commandeered Indian Airlines plane if its hijackers start killing or harming their 155 captives, Taleban Foreign Minister Abdul Wakil Muttawakil said on Monday.