I te 1969, i whakatau a Perehitini Yahya Khan ki te whakarereke i nga mahi whakahaere i roto i te ope taua ma te whakatu i a Gen. Abdul Hamid Khan hei Tumuaki o te ope taua (ACOS) o te ope taua o Pakistan, nana nei i whakakotahi te mekameka whakahau i Rawalpindi i tetahi tari matua e mohiotia ana ko te "High Command". Mai i te 1967-69, he raupapa o nga whakangungu hoia nui i whakahaerehia e nga waahanga hiko i te rohe o Pakistan ki te Rawhiti me India. I te tau 1970, e ai ki ngā pūrongo, i whai wāhi te miihana hōia o te ope Pakistani ki Horano ki te whakawātea me te whakaiti i
te whakaekenga o ngā Pirihitia ki Horano. I te Hune 1971, i whakaaetia te whakauru ki te ope taua ki te Army GHQ i Rawalpindi ki te whakaara me te whakatu i te 18th infantry division, i tu ki Hyderabad, Sindh, mo te tiaki mai i Rahimyar Khan ki Rann o Kutch, ka whakaara ano i te 23rd infantry division mo te tiaki i te Chhamb-Dewa Rohe.