In the early 1990s, a group of civil society actors created the ... collaborators for their alleged role in the war. In India and Pakistan, 1971 may not be as actively remembered but it remains ...

Then there are the realists, who are concerned that Pakistan’s present civil strife might morph into a civil war. A recent editorial ... borne by the people. In 1971, the political leaders ...

The conflict quickly escalated into a full-scale civil war between the Pakistani military and Indian-backed Bengali forces. Before 1971, Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan, which was known as ...

The Ministry of Home Affairs' order for civil defence is a first since 1971, the year in which India and Pakistan went to war on two fronts. The Centre has asked states to conduct security drills ...

NEW DELHI: As the city prepares for a civil defence drill on Wednesday, a few Delhiites recalled what they went through for nearly two weeks during the 1971 India-Pakistan war. To stay safe ...

The agreement signed in the wake of the 1971 war, which Pakistan lost, ought to “put an end to conflict and confrontation”, with Delhi and Islamabad vowing not to “alter the LoC unilaterally, irrespec ...

Since March of that year, Bengali nationalists had been fighting a brutal crackdown by Pakistani forces on the civil and political rights ... formally engaged in a full-scale war with Pakistan on ...

Bangladesh has asked Pakistan to issue a formal apology for the atrocities committed against Bengalis during the 1971 War of Liberation by the Pakistani forces. It has also raised pending ...

As Delhi prepares for a civil defence drill, residents recall the 1971 India-Pakistan war, marked by blackouts and air raid sirens. People rushed home, blocked light, and dined by candlelight.