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2024-04-30 13:07:13 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8732E50592EEF145342D3225F65B53F0E9BCAD43BD62B8DCFF6C91CC701B56A4
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This post is misleading because it intentionally omits critical details. Masood Azhar and three other terrorists were not simply released. They were exchanged for 186 people onboard an aircraft that was hijacked while enroute from Nepal to India. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/magazine/masood-azhar-jaish.html https://www.deccanherald.com/india/man-released-in-1999-indian-airlines-hijack-case-in-exchange-for-hostages-declared-terrorist-1100650.html https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india-today-insight/story/from-the-india-today-archives-2000-kandahar-hijacking-how-ic-814-passengers-were-freed-2315945-2023-01-01 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Airlines_Flight_814
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