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Pakistan Releases Indian Fighter Pilot

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman repatriated to India.

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the Indian Air Force pilot who was shot down over Pakistan-administered Kashmir this week, has been repatriated to India in what Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan calls a “goodwill gesture”.

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(Picture: A Pakistan Ministry of Information-filmed statement of captured Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, prior to his release, on 1st March 2019. Credit: Reuters/Akhtar Soomro)

53 minutes

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Sat 2 Mar 201907:06GMT

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  • Sat 2 Mar 201907:06GMT