'Afghanistan won't have a picture like this': Afghan VP trolls Pakistan with historic image of Pak Army surrendering to Indian Army in 1971

New Delhi, July 22: Slamming Pakistan for sheltering Taliban, Afghan first Vice President Amrullah Saleh shared the photo of the signing of the Instrument of Surrender in 1971 on Twitter and said Afghanistan does not and will not ever have such a picture. "Dear Pak Twitter attackers, Taliban and terrorism won't heal the trauma of this picture. Find other ways," Amrullah Saleh wrote.

 

 

Saleh took to Twitter on Wednesday by sharing an iconic picture of General AAK Niazi, in charge of Pakistan’s Eastern Command, signing the 1971 instrument of surrender.

 

 

"Yes, yesterday I flinched for a fraction of a second as a rocket flew above and landed few metres away," he added. This sarcastic reaction came after the rocket attack took place on Tuesday while President Ashraf Ghani and others were offering prayer on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha at the Presidential Palace in Kabul.

 

 

 

The picture marks historic importance as it dates back to 16 December 1971. Pakistan had to publicly surrender to the joint forces of the Indian Army and Bangladesh's Mukti Bahini, which was the largest military surrender after World War 2. Pakistan's General Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi, along with 93,000 troops, surrendered and signed the Instrument of Surrender on December 16 in Dhaka after a 13-day war. It is at the time of signing the treaty that the ‘famous’ picture was clicked.

 

 

Amrullah Saleh has been tweeting about Pakistan Army supporting Taiban in the Spin Boldak area. "If anyone doubts my tweet on Pak Air Force and Pak Army warning to the Afghanistan side not to retake Spin Boldak, I am ready to share evidence through DM. Afghan aircraft as far as 10 kilometres from Spin Boldak are warned to back off or face air to air missiles. Afghanistan is too big to be swallowed," Saleh had tweeted on July 15, a day before Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed in Spin Boldak in a Taliban attack.

 

 

He further accused Pakistan of openly supporting the Taliban. Salah, on Tuesday, took to Twitter to share a video clip by Pakistani lawmaker Mohsin Dawar where he was calling out his own country’s support to the Taliban. He also warned Pakistan and said they will have to pay a heavy price for their support and exporting terrorists to Afghanistan.

 

The Afghan government and Taliban representatives are engaged in talks in Doha to reach a settlement, while the Taliban captured the Spin Boldak border of the country. Amid this escalation, the daughter of the Afghan envoy in Pakistan Najibullah Alikhil was abducted and tortured on July 16, following which President Ashraf Ghani called back several diplomats from Pakistan.