by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, November 19th, 2023WASHINGTON: Eleven members of the US Congress, in a letter to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, have urged the Biden administration to withhold future US assistance to Pakistan, until the country restores constitutional order and holds free and fair elections. The lawmakers requested a legal determination from the Department of State under the Leahy Laws and Section 502(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act to assess if US-origin…
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by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Sept 8th, 2023• Kashmir tensions are best resolved by the parties themselves, says John Kirby• Spokesperson claims US didn’t abandon ‘equipment’ in Afghanistan; Taliban using material given to Afghan forces• Biden to discuss ways to reshape and scale up multilateral development banks with G20 leadersWASHINGTON: A senior White House official has assured Islamabad that US President Joe Biden understands the threats Pakistan faces and is committed to working with the…
by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, Sept 8th, 2023• Kashmir tensions are best resolved by the parties themselves, says John Kirby• Spokesperson claims US didn’t abandon ‘equipment’ in Afghanistan; Taliban using material given to Afghan forces• Biden to discuss ways to reshape and scale up multilateral development banks with G20 leadersWASHINGTON: A senior White House official has assured Islamabad that US President Joe Biden understands the threats Pakistan faces and is committed to working with the…
report in Khaama Press online, August 31, 2023US President Joe Biden reassures continued support for the people of Afghanistan on the second anniversary of the US military withdrawal from the country. In a statement released on the White House website, President Joe Biden highlighted that the US remains Afghanistan’s largest humanitarian assistance donor. He also paid tribute to the sacrifice of American service members, noting that 2,461 died and 20,744 were wounded throughout the two-decade…
By Michael Crowley in The New York Times, Aug 31, 2023When the last American soldier flew out of Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021, leaving the country to Taliban rule, the world braced for a human rights nightmare. In that sense, the Taliban have met expectations. The country’s extremist rulers, who seized power from an American-backed government of 20 years, have carried out revenge killings, torture and abductions, according to international observers. They have also imposed…
Reuters report in The Express Tribune, June 23, 2023WASHINGTON DC: US President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called on Pakistan to act to ensure that its territory is not used to launch extremist attacks, the White House said in a joint statement. “They strongly condemned cross-border terrorism, the use of terrorist proxies and called on Pakistan to take immediate action to ensure that no territory under its control is used…