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Project-706, also known as Project-726 and formally designated the Kahuta Project, was a science effort, and the codename of a project conducted during the Cold War and Russo-Afghan War to develop the first atomic weapon for Pakistan. The mainstream goal of the project was the development of an atomic bomb using HEU technology. Despite the aim and focus of the project, Pakistani scientists and engineers gained expertise in the use of reactor-grade plutonium, and successfully produced weapon-grade plutonium by the early 1980s. The project was launched after the secession of East Pakistan as a result of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and Pakistan War in Bangladesh. It was an effort which was led by Pakistan. Project-706 refers specifically to the period from 1974–1983 when it was under the control of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and later on under the military administration of Major-General Zahid Ali Akbar Khan of the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers.