Return to Russia of seven pilots who escaped from captivity of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan

The commander of the crew of Russian pilots Vladimir Ivanovich Sharpatov (left), who escaped from Taliban captivity in Afghanistan, during an interview with journalists on a special plane of the Russian Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM of the Russian Federation) to Moscow. After a year of captivity by the Taliban movement in Kandahar, seven Russian pilots escaped on an IL-76TD plane of the Kazan company Aerostan to the United Arab Emirates. The exact location of the filming has not been determined. Oleg Buldakov/TASS