Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1971, i te ngana ki te karo i te whakaekenga pea i waenga i te ope taua me te iwi o Pakistan ki te Rawhiti, i te Poutu-te-rangi 23, 1971, i hui tahi a Khan me etahi atu kaitōrangapū Pakistani ki a Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. I whakaekea e ratou te tautoko ki a Mujeeb i te hanganga o te kawanatanga, engari kua roa rawa te wa ki te whakakore i te raru na te mea kua whakatau a Yahya Khan mo te whakaekenga o te ope taua. Ko te kaha o te pakaru o Pakistan me te riri o te ao whanui ki te tukinga o te ope hoia i te mutunga ka hangaia he ahuatanga i arahi ki te
pakanga i waenganui i Pakistan me India. Ko tenei pakanga i tino kino, a ka mutu i te hinganga o nga ope taua o Pakistan i East Pakistan me te hanganga o te kawanatanga hou o Bangladesh. I te ohorere o te hinganga, ka whakarere a Yahya Khan i te tari me te ope taua. I raro i a General Gul Hassan Khan, i whakahokia mai a Zulfikar Ali Bhutto mai i Amerika, ā, i whakaritea hei Perehitini.