The liberation Forces have survived very successfully during the most critical and difficult phase of this war. This only indicates the strength they have gathered and with the support of the entire population they are growing bigger every day and the response from the youth is so much that some time it is becoming difficult to train and accommodate all of them at a time.
West Pakistani troops are fighting a losing war. The simple war logistics suggest that it will be impossible for the occupation army humanly or militarily to hold Bangladesh any longer. At present they have approximately 80000 soldiers and with their reinforcements can reach to a maximum of 140000 in next 4-6 weeks. They cannot extend beyond this number in view of large border of West Pakista territories.
The logistic impossibilities of the West Pakistan troops can be summarized in the following terms:—
c) They do not enjoy any support from the population.
d) They are trained for conventional warfare.
f) They have limited military manpower.
As the whole economy of the country has been ruined and a total dislocation has taken place, the village economy of Bangladesh is undergoing a great strain. As the towns are more or less evacuated now, the population in the village has increased. The villages which have been burned or bombed remain uncultivated. The problem of supplics has already created a near-faminc situation. Discases are widespread, unemployment has reached its highest peak and daily necessities are becoming scare every day. Food grains, salt, kerosene, matches clothing's, petrol, diesel and medicine are the most essential things to have to be supplied for more survival. International agencies although cager to help have yet not come forward extend any material assistance whatsoever. While only keeping some dead towns in occupation, the entire village population of Bangladesh is left with the Bangladesh Government and it has become their primary responsibility to protect the life, liberty and property of these people. They are 100 per cent relying upon the care and attention of the Bangladesh Government and the Government has taken the full responsibility of the same.
At the moment, stories of further atrocities are pouring in from the occupied areas. In these areas a war of aurition is going on. West Pakistan personnel have been brought in vain to run the civil administration, border scouts from Frontier have been imported to substitute the police force and non-Bengali local hooligans have been hired to point out every Bengali in the area and loot his belongings, kill the young and rape the women.
