New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The Indian Army on Tuesday shared an old newspaper clipping detailing how Washington had supplied over $2 billion worth of arms to Pakistan over two decades in the build-up of the 1971 India-Pakistan war.

The post comes a day after US President Donald Trump threatened India over its purchase of Russian oil, saying he will substantially raise tariffs on goods from India.

The Army's Eastern Command took to its X platform to share "This Day That Year" Build Up of War - 05 Aug 1971 with a hashtag, KnowFacts.

The attached news clipping from August 5, 1971 highlighted that between 1954 and 1971, the US had provided Pakistan with fighter aircraft, missiles, tanks, submarines, and artillery

The news clipping showed then D...