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Pakistan finally hands captive pilot to India
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- 01 March, 2019
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Baku. 1 March. REPORT.AZ/ Pakistan handed over the pilot of the Indian air force Abhinandan Varthamana, who was captured two days earlier after the destruction of the Indian MIG-29 on the Pakistani side of Kashmir, Report informs citing Sputnik.
Hundreds of Indian citizens gathered at the Attari-Wagah border crossing to meet the pilot, who was welcomed like a hero.
Notably, yesterday Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Islamabad is ready to release the Indian pilot as a "gesture of peace".
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