Lieutenant-General A.A.K. Niazi of the Eastern Command was the man whose fate it was to direct the operation which resulted in the dismemberment of Pakistan. Many books have been written about that unforgettable years in Pakistani’s history, 1971 and the events that it spawned. But finally one of the main actors of the drama has volunteered his own account of the events leading to the birth of Bangladesh. Was General Niazi a coward, a hero, or ...
