1971-12-05
By Associated Press
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Nov. (AP) — President Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan accused India today of having launched a full‐scale war and told his Pakistani countrymen it was time “to give a crushing reply to the enemy.”
“We are fighting for our country's integrity and honor,” he said in a broadcast. “God is with us in our mission.”
“Our enemy has once again challenged us—India's Government has launched a full‐scale war on us,” he said.
Speaking in Urdu, although he normally addresses the nation in English, the President said India's “hate and enmity” toward Pakistan were known to “the whole world.”
“India has always tried to weaken and ruin Pakistan—this is India's biggest and final war against us,” he said.
He addressed his countrymen as “120 million Mujahids,” followers of Islam.
“The time has come for the heroic Mujahids of Pakistan to give a crushing reply to the enemy,” he declared.