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The ISI has also been implicated in giving harbor to Al Qaeda (like with bin Laden) and the Taliban (helping them rebuild and take over Afghanistan again). Betw
by throwawaysea 5y ago
The ISI has also been implicated in giving harbor to Al Qaeda (like with bin Laden) and the Taliban (helping them rebuild and take over Afghanistan again). Between these and near constant state supported terrorism against India, how is it that Pakistan has escaped all accountability and public scrutiny? I would love to learn more about the foreign policy or diplomatic dynamics that may be involved here.
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- brunnock 5y agoJesus. How did they get away with genocide? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Bangladesh_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Bangladesh_genocide
- tpmx 5y agoreading that: wtf (never heard about this)
- fighterpilot 5y agoI have also never heard about it and am shocked that I have not given how high the death count is.
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- baybal2 5y agoAsk Indira. They exchanged 1971 captives for 1965 captives
- rainhacker 5y ago> Task Force 74 was a task force assembled from the Seventh Fleet of the United States Navy that was deployed to the Bay of Bengal by the Nixon administration in December 1971, at the height of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_Force_74 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_Force_74 US administration at the time supported Pakistan in that war. The genocide isn’t even acknowledged: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/genocide-us-cant-remember-bangladesh-cant-forget-180961490/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/genocide-us-cant-reme...
- iooi 5y agoRead "Directorate S" by Steve Coll.