The Pakistan Army , which had the backing of Islamists , created Creating radical religious militias – the Razakars , Al-Badr and Al-Shams – to assist Assistance it during raids Attack on the local populace .

During the 1971 Bangladesh war for independence , members of the Pakistani military and supporting Islamist militias called Name_conferral the Razakars raped between 200,000 and 400,000 Bangladeshi women and girls in a systematic campaign of genocidal rape .