Word: pakistanis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Indian spokesmen reported yesterday that thousands of East Pakistani troops were retreating in front of the Indian army's advance which came within 25 miles of Dacca. East Pakistan's capital. India claims to have wiped out the last of East Pakistan's air force during...
...Pakistani U.N. delegation told Secretary-General U Thant yesterday that Pakistan accepts the General Assembly's cease-fire appeal, subject to a call for U.N. observers on both sides...
...East Pakistanis were using sampans, barges and steamers to retreat across the Ganges River into Chittagong, where they hoped to be evacuated. Pakistani forces attempting to escape by river would meet "certain death" at the hands of the Indian Navy...
...Hagjit Singh Aurora, Indian eastern front commander, said yesterday that about 7000 Pakistani troops trying to escape across the Ganges River were under air attack. He said at least one river steamer, carrying an estimated 500 Pakistani troops, had been sunk by Indian aircraft, which made over 100 sorties during...
...Pakistani government, may already have decided to abandon Dacca," Hutchins said. "The invasion may actually help the Pakistani leaders by allowing them to blame their loss of East Pakistan on India rather than on internal political revolution," he said...