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Hijackers take Afghan airliner to Stansted amid hostage talks
Police at Stansted Airport stated negotiations ongoing with hijackers who diverted an Afghan passenger jet across Central Asia to Europe. Five of 165 hostages freed at the airport, with two men, a woman and two children released earlier. Negotiators discuss food, toiletries, and medical supplies as authorities pursue potential prisoner release in Kandahar.
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Stansted
England
Central Asia
Europe
London
Tina Starling
Essex Police
John Broughton
Essex Force
Uzbekistan
Kazakstan
Russia
Moscow
Kandahar
Ismail Khan
Afghanistan
Taliban Movement
Khan
Opposition Alliance