Date 14-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said that a rousing welcome was awaiting the arrival of passengers as all the arrangements have been finalized at Kandahar Airport. Afghan Civil Aviation Minister Mullah Akhtar Mansoor said that all the arrangements at Kandahar Airport have been finalized...

Date 14-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Passengers of an Afghan hijacked plane were fetched to Kabul Airport after their arrival at Kandahar airfield from United Kingdom, chairman of Aryana Airlines, Mullah Hameedullah told AIP. He said there were 73 passengers in 727 Boeing plane, which landed at Kabu...

Date 11-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said the British government has expressed its willingness to send back the Afghan plane and the passengers to Afghanistan. Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Syed Muhammad Haqqani said that the British government would send back Afghan Boeing 727 pass...

Date 10-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan Aviation Minister Mualvi Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor has expressed his happiness and said thanks to Britain government for securing the release of 85 passengers from the hijacked Afghan plane. Some unknown hijackers had driven away an Afghan passengers plane w...

Date 10-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan Civil Aviation Minister Mualvi Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor has said that the hijackers would be dealt strictly, adding measures should to be taken to prevent such incidents in future. The minister thanked British government for their positive and reconciliat...

Date 10-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A statement issued from the office of Mullah Muhammad Omar in Kandahar asked UK government to punish the hijackers in accordance with international law and principles or what the UK govt awards. Mullah Omar, the supreme leader of Taliban, in his statement thanked...

Date 09-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Taliban said the persons, who managed to escape from hijacked Afghan plane were crew members. Head of Aryana Airlines, Mullah Hameedullah, told AIP from Kabul said that four persons, who fled from Afghan hijacked plane are members of Aryana crews, saying one of t...

Date 09-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): A steward of hijacked Afghan plane who reached Kabul has said that the number of hijackers were eight. Mullah Hameedullah, head of Aryana Airlines, told AIP that the steward was freed by the hijackers in Tashkent along with his mother. The captive was freed f...

Date 09-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Chairman of Afghan Aryana Airlines has rejected the reports that workers of the airlines have been arrested for investigation into plane hijacking case. Talking to AIP, Aryana Airlines chairman, Mullah Hameedullah said that the reports of arresting Aryana worke...

Date 08-02-2000 PESHAWAR (AIP): Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Mullah Syed Muhammad Haqqani has said that the Britain government had assured them that talks with the hijackers were progressing in positive direction. Haqqani told AIP from Islamabad that they were in regular contact with the Briti...