Jaswant Singh, the foreign minister at the time of Kandahar hijack, flew with Masood Azhar and two others terrorists — Omar Sheikh, who later killed American journalist Daniel Pearl, and Mushtaq Zargar. The terrorists had demanded the release of 36 terrorists from Indian prisons.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rahul-gandhis-claim-not-correct-ajit-doval-didnt-fly-with-masood-azhar/articleshow/68366333.cms