Pilot of plane hijacked in 1999 says Afghan airspace very risky, explains why

Taliban ground fighters do not follow rules and hence Afghan airspace remains very risky, Captain Devi Sharan, the former Air India pilot whose IC-814 was hijacked to Kandahar in December 1999 said at a time India is operating evacuation flights to and from Kabul. India has been allowed two evacuation flights daily as the airspace remains restricted. Back-to-back blasts near Kabul airport on Thursday threatened the security of the evacuation drive countries are continuing, but threats are in the airspace as well, Sharan said.

“There is a lot of grey area. We have to always monitor the corridor route which we are following because the Taliban government says something and somewhere down their forces are doing something else.