Kammala wannan jumla: A 1971, Lt. Khattak ya zama kwamandan jami'in PNS Jessor, jirgin ruwan bindiga, yana aiki da fada a bangaren Khulna-Mangla-Barisal a lokacin yakin basasa.
yakin basasa a gabashin Pakistan. Bayan mika wuya na Eastern Command a 1971, Lt. Khattak ya zama fursunonin yaƙi na Sojojin Indiya kuma aka tsare shi a Indiya na tsawon shekaru biyu. Kokarinsa da aikinsa na jaruntaka ya sami yabo daga gwamnati, kuma an karrama shi da Sitara-i-Jurat a shekarar 1971 a cikin rashi. Cdr Khattak ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan kwamandan a cikin rundunar sojan ruwa, yana jagorantar jiragen ruwa daban-daban a lokacin aikinsa a shekarun 1970.