In 1999, when the ill-fated Indian Airlines flight IC 814 landed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, most figured that this was exactly what Pakistan’s ISI – which planned, orchestrated and executed the entire hijacking – wanted. They desired the aircraft to land in a territory where Pakistan cannot be directly blamed. Kandahar was the perfect choice, being ruled by Taliban 1.0 (the previous version of Taliban) which was nothing but a direct proxy of
