KARACHI: The Afghanistan withdrawal signaled two things; the first, more obvious one, is that the United States no longer sees any benefit in its long-term involvement in Afghanistan; and the second is that it no longer needs, or at the very least wants, to rely on Pakistan. Meanwhile, Pakistan had strongly expressed that it saw … Read more
“America is back,” goes President Joe Biden’s catchphrase, but his unapologetic exit from Afghanistan shows America won’t be back to business as usual. Beyond the trauma of the Kabul evacuation, Biden is pitching a much broader retreat: a halt to using vast military resources to impose order and US values around the planet. “This decision … Read more
Pakistan would ‘absolutely not’ allow any bases and use of its territory to the US for any sort of action inside Afghanistan stated Prime Minister Imran Khan. The prime minister told Axios on HBO in an interview, “Absolutely not. There is no way we are going to allow any bases, any sort of action from … Read more
Pakistan has so far secured $128 million from the United States as part of the debt relief in 2020 under the G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative. According to the details, U.S. Embassy Islamabad in its tweet said: “Under the #G20 Debt Service Suspension Initiative, the U.S. provided $128 million in debt relief to Pakistan in … Read more
