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Asghar Khan
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circa 1971

troops of the 12ᵗʰ Punjab at Burinda, East Pakistan.

on 28/29ᵗʰ November, a company would repulse an attack by the Indian 1ˢᵗ JAK RIF, inflicting casualties of 19 killed. a second attack on 3/4ᵗʰ December would be pressed in by the 4ᵗʰ Sikh and 45ᵗʰ Cavalry.. https://t.co/j65ZfGELHu
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on this day 34 years back, the Quaid Observation Post fell to the 8ᵗʰ JAKLi.

Naib Subedar Atta Muhammad, the post commander from the 2ⁿᵈ Commando, fell in action with a carbine in one hand - the other had been blown off by airburst artillery.

awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat. https://t.co/Q2T6iFHNj3
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on this day 34 years back, the Quaid Observation Post fell to the 8ᵗʰ JAKLi.

Naib Subedar Atta Muhammad, the post commander from the 2ⁿᵈ Commando, fell in action with a carbine in one hand - the other had been blown off by airburst artillery.

awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat. https://t.co/Q2T6iFHNj3
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his deputy, Lance Naik Jehanzeb Khattak had fell to LMG fire moments before Atta's last stand.

the OP, named after the SS Group company that first established it, fell after giving the enemy a bloody nose in several repulsed attempts.

only three of the eight defenders survived. https://t.co/SVqBH7HuMN
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LTG Alam Jan Mahsud, pictured here as commander of the Foxland Force, during 89's Exercise Zarb-e-Momin.

an Aitchisonian and commissioned into the 19ᵗʰ Lancers, he was wounded in the 1965 War, when the regiment counterattacked and recaptured Jassoran, to Chawinda's west. https://t.co/c1Pma4jIgW
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Foxland actually won in that exercise, due to his good planning.
 

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