Not Met Two Taliban officials watch a hijacked Indian Airlines jet parked at Kandahar airport in Afghanistan. An Indian delegation has arrived in Afghanistan to negotiate with the hijackers. The five hijackers of an Indian Airlines jet now in Afghanistan have threatened to begin killing passengers if their demands are not met, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan said.
Hijackers await negotiators' arrival.
After speaking by radio to Erick de Mul, the U.N. coordinator for Afghanistan, the hijackers freed Anil Khulana, an Indian national who had been allowed off the plane late Saturday for treatment of his diabetes. Today's ultimatum was given to de Mul. The hijackers have demanded several Kashmiri militants and a Pakistani activist in Kashmir be released from Indian prisons. Sunday's passenger release was the first since the hijackers freed 27 hostages and the body of one slain passenger during a stopover in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, but at least 160 people remain on board the plane. Even if the U.N. Security Council did decide to hold an emergency session, it would take place no sooner than today.