File talk:KandaharHijacking.jpg

Fair Use rationale

As per NFCC#1, "non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available". The hijacking took place in 1999, and there are no free images which depict the aircraft while it was hijacked.

Regarding the argument raised by User:Zakirnaikfan —

• "The rationale given is inadequate. The Afghans (Taliban forces) walking in the front were not involved in the hijacking."

Neither the image's caption, nor the rest of the content of the concerned article indicate at any point that the Taliban was directly involved in the hijacking.

• "The plane does not show "Flight 814", this same plane may still be around and so obviously an image of it can be created. "

As I mentioned initially, the main purpose is to show the aircraft while it was hijacked and there are quite a few Wikipedia articles on various hijackings which use non-free images to depict the event. For example, Lufthansa Flight 181.

• "The plane being in Kandahar is also irrelevant, the hijackers were Pakistani nationals who hijacked the plane inside India."

The article clearly indicates that for most of the hijacking period, the aircraft was parked at Kandahar and several notable events — such as negotiations between Indian officials and the hijackers, the handing over of three Islamic terrorists by India, and the eventual release of Indian hostages — took place while the hijacked aircraft was parked at Kandahar airport. Therefore, the argument that "Kandahar is irrelevant" is beyond my understanding.

• "It appears that the uploader may be using this image to mislead readers for personal reasons, i.e. trying to blame Afghans for the hijacking or connect them to the crime as he/she even named the file "KandaharHijacking""

There have been quite a few media reports which explicitly indicate that A) Taliban had covert links with the hijackers. B) Taliban purposely deployed armed militia around the aircraft to prevent Indian special forces from storming the aircraft. C) Taliban had given a safe passage to all the hijackers and the released terrorists.

Read Bombay terrorist reveals links with IC 814 hijackers —

"The New York Times has given details of evidence picked up in Kabul showing links between the IC 814 hijackers and the Taliban."

Read India reaches out to Afghanistan —

"The Taliban allowed the hijackers and the released terrorists to escape."

Read Taliban face in IC-814 says: Maulana ‘Jaish’ Masood Azhar met our Supreme Leader —

"one of the three militants hand-delivered by India to secure the hostages’ release—met Mullah Omar, the Taliban’s supreme leader."

Read Afghan Hijacking Puts Taliban on the Spot

"the Afghanis had insisted that the Indian authorities negotiate with the terrorists, and forbade India from storming the aircraft to the point of surrounding it with their own troops to prevent waiting Indian commandos from making a raid."

The last source clearly justifies the use of the image as it depicts the deployment of armed Taliban militia which prevented Indian forces from storming the aircraft.

Therefore, nobody has to try to "connect the Taliban to the hijacking". Just stating the facts will give a clear image of what actually happened. Finally, regarding the title of the image, the term "Kandahar Hijacking" was widely used by Indian media to refer to the hostage crisis. A google search for "Kandahar Hijacking" gives more than 5,000 hits.

--King Zebu (talk) 16:03, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

Just as I suspected, you have an agenda. These are Indian views you're sharing with me. I've seen the special documentary about this event on the National Geographic channel, the terrorists did not have any ties to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban government at the time). The Pakistani terrorists belonged to a Kashmiri separatist group who hijacked the plane in India and wanted it to land in Pakistan but since Pakistani officials refused the plane to land on their soil the terrorists forced it to land in the United Arab Emirate (Dubai). The terrorists became confused and until last minute decision they decided to have it land at Kandahar. The Taliban government could have done what Pakistan did by refusing landing. Do you Indians consider that perhaps the Taliban didn't want to see lost of life, or do you always see Muslims as devils, killers, terrorists, etc? The Taliban government was not recognized by India so for political reasons they couldn't do anything to the Pakistani hijackers except to release them. The main thing was to protect the passengers and this was accomplished.--Zakirnaikfan (talk) 14:00, 22 January 2011 (UTC)