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Kashmir: captured Indian pilot, freed by Pakistan - BBC News
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9:21Now PlayingPakistan has freed an Indian fighter pilot captured after his plane was shot down in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, amid rising tensions.
Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was handed over to Indian officials near a border crossing with Pakistan.
The pilot described his experience on Pakistani TV, adding how "very impressed" he was by the Pakistan army.
On Thursday Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said the pilot's release was a "peace gesture" to India.
India and Pakistan - both nuclear powers - claim all of Kashmir, but each controls only parts of it.
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