Kammala wannan magana: A shekarar 1970 Pakistan ta gudanar da zabukanta na farko na dimokiradiyya tun bayan samun 'yancin kai, wanda ake nufi da nuna sauyi daga mulkin soja zuwa dimokiradiyya, amma bayan kungiyar Awami ta Gabashin Pakistan ta yi nasara a kan Jam'iyyar Jama'ar Pakistan (PPP), Yahya Khan da rundunar soji sun ki mika mulki. Operation Searchlight, wani soja crackdown a kan Bengali nationalist motsi, ya kai ga wani shelar 'yancin kai da kuma waging na
wani yakin neman 'yanci da sojojin Bengal Mukti Bahini suka yi a Gabashin Pakistan, wanda a Yammacin Pakistan aka bayyana shi a matsayin yakin basasa sabanin yakin neman' yanci.