Word: uzbekistan
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...hijackers, who support Afghanistan's anti-Taliban opposition, have released 10 hostages since arriving in London Sunday, after forcing the Ariana airlines flight to reroute from a domestic flight in Afghanistan, first to Uzbekistan and then to Moscow. There's an almost self-conscious element of irony in the hijackers' original demand for the release of a key Afghan opposition leader. The Taliban had, only weeks ago, played a questionable role in resolving the Indian Airlines hijacking, in which Kashmiri militants had demanded that India release one of their leaders. But it's an irony to which the Taliban - hosts...