US Congressman introduces resolution to recognise 1971 Bangladesh atrocities by Pakistani forces as genocide, citing Operation Searchlight and Blood Telegram.
More than half a century after Operation Searchlight tore through East Pakistan, a US congressman is demanding that America ...
Pakistan has always found it challenging to defend East Pakistan. Indian Navy blockade isolated East Pakistan from supplies and escape routes. INS Vikrant launched air strikes, crippling port ...
Fifty-five years ago, Pakistan launched “Operation Searchlight”- a brutal crackdown in East Pakistan to suppress political dissent. The targets included students, intellectuals, political activists, ...
US Congressman Greg Landsman has introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives seeking to recognise the atrocities committed by the Pakistani Army and its allies, Jamaat-e-Islami, against ...
In seconds, the night was altered. Strobes of light flashed from the mouths of the tanks, igniting the dorms in brilliant snapshots before the shell ripped off another piece of the building.
Months before the Indian Army launched its campaign, the Border Security Force was already facing gunfire along the frontier and quietly helping shape the Bangladesh liberation struggle.
Iran has populated the Strait of Hormuz, a key energy route, with sea mines. The 1971 War saw the most significant use of sea mines since World War Two in which India sank over 100,000 tonnes of ...
US Congressman Greg Landsman introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to recognize the 1971 atrocities against Bengali Hindus by the Pakistani Army as genocide. The resolution ...
The loyalty and sacrifices of soldiers are grounded in the belief that their state will support them, a premise that has repeatedly been tested in Pakistan's military history. Key events since 1971, ...
A US resolution seeking to recognise the 1971 Bangladesh genocide highlights the targeted killing of Hindus and calls for action against the Pakistan Army and its allies. Congressman Greg Landsman ...
The Battle of Chachoir in 1971 became a decisive confrontation in Sector 9, boosting Mukti Bahini morale during the Liberation War.