: The fates of Mangan, Wells, Hutchings, and Hasert remain officially unconfirmed, though they are presumed dead. They were never seen again after late 1995. Controversies and Theories

Outside of the historical militant group, the name is used by various peaceful institutions:

: 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 was a shadowy extremist group that Indian and Western intelligence agencies identified as a front or pseudonym for the Pakistan-based organization (later known as Harkat-ul-Mujahideen). The group's primary motive was to force the Indian government to release jailed militant leaders, most notably Maulana Masood Azhar . The 1995 Kidnapping Crisis

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