Between Wars: 1965 and 1971 War
Arif knew Zia-ul-Haq since his day as army Captain, and actively participated in the Arif 1965 September war, with Zia-ul-Haq. After the 1965 war, Arif was stationed in East-Pakistan and appointed as martial law officer (MLO) at the Eastern High Command led under Admiral Syed Mohammad Ahsan. In 1967, Arif took extreme close initiatives with then-Major-General Yakob Khan formulating the an integrated battle plan for the province and dubbed "Operation X-Sunderbans-1". X-Sunderbans-1 was a non-combat military exercise to conclude to formed the basis for the operational combat plan. In East-Pakistan, Arif remained an influential member of the Military government, responsible for deployment of junior units in the province as well as supervising the law and order situation in the province. Arif fought well in East Pakistan war and the 1971 Winter war leading him to earn a decoration in the former East-Pakistan.
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