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American Role in Secession of East Pakistan

American Role in Secession of East Pakistan

Foreign Policy | Passport | 27 August 2009 How Ted Kennedy helped create Bangladesh  As I mentioned before, a lot more could have gone into this week's list of Ted Kennedy's little-remembered foreign-policy achievements. One more example is his role in the creation of Bangladesh. In 1971, the government of Pakistan, with the support of [...]

B. Raman’s Open Letter to Sonia Gandhi on Balochistan

B. Raman’s Open Letter to Sonia Gandhi on Balochistan

”The struggle for an independent Balochistan is part of the unfinished agenda of the Partition." While a failure of statesmanship by the civil and military bureaucracy that formally assumed power in 1958 in Pakistan provided the opportunity, the Indians were not remiss in seizing it. India's role in the secession of East Pakistan, [...]