India has no proof that the Taliban were working with the hijackers other than that they surrounded the plane with their own commandos.
Oh really? The Taliban refused to reach out to Indian dialogue and provided the airline hijackers immunity. What their own commandos? It even refused to enter into dialogue with our government despite us keeping all facts aside.
That's proof enough for us to think that even if they were not working with terrorists, they were sympathetic to them.
India basis its entire assumption on this that since the Taliban must've thought that India would do a secret special forces mission and attack the plane and free the hostages, the Taliban surrounded the plane to deter the Indians.
That's the point isn't it? We didn't even had a diplomatic dialogue properly since the Taliban refused to allow us any kind of access even for communications with them.
First of all, to reach Afghanistan India would've needed to cross Pakistan. Do you seriously think that India could've secretly gone through Pakistan, then into Afghanistan then to Kandahar, then to the airport and then carry out a super duper commando mission.
If it wasn't going to be a secret mission then did India even once negotiated for such a plan? India couldn't even immobilize the plane in Amritsar on its own soil.
We didn't talk to you at that time because there was no point. The hostilities were open and you would naturally use some or the other excuse to refuse our request. Come on just remember the year when it happened and reply.
The hijack happening in Nepal, which is not a part of India. It was carried to Amritsar in Punjab when NSG were only in Manesar Haryana. By the time NSG got there, they had taken off.
How long does it take an aircraft to land, refuel and takeoff?
Punjab police was armed and ready to act but they were not trained to handle counter-terrorism especially hijack situations. If they had been given the go ahead, both policemen and at least half of the hostages would have died and people would have eaten the ruling government alive for the loss of life.
It was a blunder but despite that happening, we had to learn it through the hard way of stationing NSG nationwide now after November 2008.
Why're you bringing Pakistan in the middle? Even if there would have been a commando mission there, we'd have asked clearance from you because you see, we don't have stealth transport planes to evade your radars.
So to avoid such mess, we've considered Tajikistan which can simply bypass you into Afghanistan incase such problem comes up (I hope never).