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| First VIDEO of freed Indian pilot emerges online | |
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| The first footage of the Indian Air Force commander who was shot down and captured in an aerial skirmish between India and Pakistan this week shows Abhinandan Varthaman speaking against a white wall in a heavily edited video. | The first footage of the Indian Air Force commander who was shot down and captured in an aerial skirmish between India and Pakistan this week shows Abhinandan Varthaman speaking against a white wall in a heavily edited video. |
| Varthaman, seen wearing an Indian Air Force uniform, says the Pakistani military was “professional” in treating him. | Varthaman, seen wearing an Indian Air Force uniform, says the Pakistani military was “professional” in treating him. |
| “I see peace in it. I have spent time with the Pakistani army. I am impressed,” Varthaman says in the part he delivered in English. | “I see peace in it. I have spent time with the Pakistani army. I am impressed,” Varthaman says in the part he delivered in English. |
| Varthaman’s jet was hit this Wednesday during a dogfight involving Indian MiG-21s and Pakistani F-16s. He ejected from the plane but landed in the Pakistani-administered part of Kashmir. | Varthaman’s jet was hit this Wednesday during a dogfight involving Indian MiG-21s and Pakistani F-16s. He ejected from the plane but landed in the Pakistani-administered part of Kashmir. |
| He was captured by the locals, with videos on social media showing the pilot being attacked by the angry mob and Pakistani troops trying to evacuate him. | |
| The next day, Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan, said that Varthaman will be released on Friday as “a peace gesture” and the handover did take place. | |
| A military convoy set out from the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore delivered the man to the border where he was greeted by a crowd of Indian residents, who chanted and waved national flags. | |
| Tension between the two nuclear powers spiked after a deadly suicide attack on Indian security forces in mid-February in the disputed region of Kashmir and an Indian air raid on what it said was a terrorist camp inside Pakistani territory. | |
| Islamabad retaliated and warplanes from the two countries got engaged in a massive dogfight. According to NDTV, eight Indian MiG-21s intercepted 24 Pakistani F-16s during the engagement The Indian Air Force has claimed that one of its MiG-21 Bison aircraft shot down a Pakistan Air Force F-16 during the encounter. | |
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