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The military has always had support in Pakistan [West] but it was entirely hated by the Bengalis. Primarily because PA had very, very few Bengali soldiers. PA was and still is mostly a Punjabi/Pakhtun force recruited from the Nortth West Pakistan.

Even before it began. To give you context could a Turkish force of 55k men hold down all of France against very pissed of French and then also defeat a full scale attack by German Army moving into France? All this well over a 1,000 miles from Turkey? I think defeat would be writ before even...

Bangla was just a sideshow. The PA's primary concern was defending the 'home country' or West Pakistan. The western front was about 1,000 miles and open to attack as most is rolling semi-desert. Major cities like Lahore are only 15 miles from Indian frontier and lay exposed. Don't also overlook...

Yes it was. My uncle sadly was posted to this horrible place in a enivoronment that was alien to him. Tropical, aluvial, jungles and barely above sea level with strange language and differant culture.

Yes and no. Similiar in how it was a shock to the public as the media kept them in dark as to what was happening on other side of the continent. Differant because Armenians were fighting adjacent to their home bases. The PA force was from West Pakistan which was 1,200 miles as the crow flies...

PA strength is 55k. Rest were police and para-military forces which would be lightly armed and not trained to fight a war against invading army.

Many thanks for the correction. As a asides do you know that in terms of distance Bangla is to Pakistan what France is to Turkey. Can you imagine a Turkish force of 55k men holding down all of France whilst coming under sustained attack from Germans? The Turkish force would be overwhelmed and...

Interesting quote from BBC interview of Indian Commander of the 1971 war, Field Marshall Manekshaw. "About the 5th day of the (1971) conflict in (East Pakistan)...everything had gone wrong (for India); the (Indian) Navy had lost the Khukri; Our (India) Air Force has lost a lot of aircraft on...

The 1971 Bangla combined with Indian victory against the PA force deployed in Bangla delta was probably the greatest victory of the 20th century. A force from Pakistan that numbered about 55k soldiers found itself drowned in a hostile land full of very annoyed 60 millionBangla people who...

I don't drink coke. After a intense workout I might indulge in a fruit smoothie. But I think I must have had at least 1.5kg of meat.

Ahhhh just feel stuffed. Had chicken, kebabs, dessert and now moving over to the birthday cake. I am a carnivore. When I eat meat, just can't stop ......

My daughters birthday today. Been busy cooking along with wife. I am okay cook with seekh kebabs, chapli kebabs, meat karai being my specialties.

If there is god in UK it would be NHS. And it is religious belief to support it. And I do. The greatest institution there is for all it's flaws.

Sadly the result was 'negative'. Meaning it is highly unlikely I have had coronavirus. Bad news. This means I don't have immunity like I was hoping. Now I have to wait dodge the damned thing till April when the NHS calculator suggests I might get my turn for the vaccine.

May they remain soured. The damage Pakistani society has taken from the friendship with Saudia is immeasurable. Saudia has managed with use of it's petro-dollars to make deep inroads into Pakistani society retarding social progress and progress. The scum of Pakistani society who prior to 1970...

This is the same Indian media that was claiming Pakistani soldiers were deployed in Azerbaijan fighting the Armenians and that Islamic terrorists were jioing in the fight against Armenians. These same dodgy sources were even cited by the Armenian PM in a futile effort to discredit the Azerbaijanis.

Source? Indian Newspaper. Enough said. More disinfo?

Beards & Burqa brigade tried, have come and gone trying to ban secularism but thus far the home of the once mighty calipha - Istanbul is firmly in grasp of secularism. And I celebrate that with a crisp wine while enjoying the distant vista of the Blue Mosque. Can't. My idea was stolen by Hira...

Background history: Gwadar was until 1958 part of the Arab Sultanate of Oman. Indeed many of the Gwadar towns people are mix of Afro-Arabs from the slave trade. Oman is only a short distance across the water and climate of this region is exactly like Arabian Peninsula. Pakistan effectively took...

Keep it safe and clean !!! By the way Gwadar comes under the Government of Balochistan. And what you Indian's don't know is despite the province being called 'Balochistan' only 40% are ethnic Baloch. Over 25% are Pakhtuns. Most of the large cities like Quetta are dominated by Pakhtuns. Keep that...