Tag: Washington Post
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Washington doc leak says Pakistan doesn’t want to appease West anymore
Several documents regarding the declining support of key allied countries to the United States (US) have been leaked, a report published by Washington Post has stated. According to one of the leaked documents, Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, argued in March that her country can “no longer try to maintain…
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Saudi prince has immunity in Khashoggi murder lawsuit: Biden administration
The Biden administration has said that Saudi Arabian Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has immunity from a lawsuit over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — a Saudi-born US resident who wrote critical articles about Saudi rulers in The Washington Post. A spokesperson for the White House National Security Council said, “This is a legal…
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Biden faces backlash for keeping $3.5 billion for 9/11 victims from Afghan assets
United States (US) President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to release and split the Afghan assets worth $7 billion between humanitarian aid for war-torn Afghanistan and a fund for September 11 attacks victims, reports Associated Press (AP). In a statement, Washington said, “The order is designed to provide a path for the funds to…
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‘We are friends of Afghanistan, not spokesmen for any particular group’: PPP’s Sherry Rehman lashes out at PM Khan
Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) leader Senator Sherry Rehman has said that Pakistan faces a serious threat after the hurried pullout of United States (US) forces from Afghanistan. Sherry Rehman, lashing out at Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, said, “We are friends of Afghanistan, not spokesmen for any particular group. We should not make decisions that…
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CIA director secretly meets the head of Taliban in Kabul, reports WaPo
United States (US) President Joe Biden sent off America’s top spy to meet the head of the Taliban on Monday, reported The Washington Post. This high-level diplomatic encounter comes prior to the deadline of August 31 set to airlift Americans and their allies out of Afghanistan. Biden warned that the evacuation was going to be…
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Pak ready to partner for peace in Afghanistan, we will not host US bases: PM for WaPo
Prime Minister Imran Khan, in an opinion piece for The Washington Post, wrote that Pakistan is ready to be a US partner for peace in Afghanistan, but will not host US bases and avoid risking further conflict. “We simply cannot afford this. We have already paid too heavy a price. Meanwhile, if the US, with the…