DHAKA, Nov 4 — More than a year after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government, Bangladesh’s former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has made explosive allegations that Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman acted as an “agent of the CIA” and orchestrated the coup that forced the former prime minister from power.
The claims, revealed in Kamal’s forthcoming book on the 2024 political crisis, suggest direct foreign involvement in the regime change that ended Hasina’s 15-year rule. “General Waker was the main plotter,” Kamal writes. “He worked closely with foreign intelligence operatives to destabilize Bangladesh from within.”
Kamal further accuses the United States of driving the upheaval, arguing that Washington sought to curb the rise of influential leaders in the region. “America doesn’t want too many powerful heads of state in South Asia,” he asserts, framing the coup as part of a broader geopolitical agenda.
The book’s revelations have reignited debate over the events leading to Hasina’s dramatic ouster and exile, as well as the role of the interim government led by Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus.
Neither the Bangladesh Army nor the US Embassy in Dhaka has officially responded to Kamal’s allegations, but political analysts say the claims could deepen tensions between Dhaka and Washington and reshape public perception of the 2024 transition of power.
