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The book The Meadow by Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark offers a controversial alternate account:

: The hostages included Paul Wells and Keith Mangan (UK), Donald Hutchings and John Childs (USA), Dirk Hasert (Germany), and Hans Christian Ostrø (Norway). The Outcome : John Childs managed to escape just days after his capture. al faran

The authors suggest that the crisis was prolonged by certain elements to discredit the Kashmiri insurgency on the global stage. Other "Al-Faran" Entities The book The Meadow by Adrian Levy and

It alleges that the hostages were eventually "sold" to a pro-government militia group and were killed in December 1995. Donald Hutchings and John Childs (USA)