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War Brings Collapse as India Defeats Pakistan at Dacca
Associated Press photographers Horst Faas and Michel Laurent documented the fall of Dacca and the Mukti Bahini terror as East Pakistan faced mass killings. They captured brutal scenes of torture and bayonet executions, earning Pulitzer prizes for their harrowing coverage in 1972.
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East Pakistan
Indira Gandhi
India
Dacca
United States
China
Pakistan
Russia
Yahya Khan
Oon
Zulfikar Ali Butto
Mukti Bahini
Horst Faas
Michel Laurent
Associated Press
Laurent
Faas
Michel
London