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Al-Badr (East Pakistan)
The Al-Badr (Bengali: আল বদর, originally from the Arabic: البدر meaning full moon) was a paramilitary wing of the West Pakistan Army, which operated in Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) against the Bengali nationalist movement during the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1]
Members of Al-Badr were recruited from public schools and madrasas (religious schools). The unit was used for raids and special operations;[1] the West Pakistan army command initially planned to use the locally recruited militias (Al-Badr, Razakar, Al-Shams) for policing cities of East Pakistan, and regular army units to defend the border with India.[2] Most members of Al-Badr appear to have been Biharis.[3]
Al-Badr (East Pakistan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Al-Shams (East Pakistan)
The Al-Shams (Bengali: আল শামস) was a paramilitary wing of several Islamist parties in East Pakistan, that along with the Pakistan Army, Razakars and the Al-Badr, is held responsible for conducting a mass killing campaign against Bengali nationalists, civilians, religious and ethnic minorities during the Bangladesh Liberation War. The group was banned by the independent government of Bangladesh, but most of its members had fled the country during and after the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, which led to Bangladesh's independence.
Al-Shams (East Pakistan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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